Ms Ann Riordan:

On ICT skills, before coming in I quickly had a look at the policy but please do not ask me to quote from it. I read the action plan. Senator Clune said FIT was in before the committee and that there is still a skills shortage in certain areas in ICT. That is what prompted the FIT programme in the beginning and there is still a need for it. I do not know whether it was said at the time that there are probably openings for approximately 4,200 staff.