Brendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Despite the increased numbers of people going to third level and doing postgraduate and Ph.D. studies etc. there is still some evidence of difficulties. This has been provided by industry, industry bodies and large companies which have located here. They continue to find it difficult to find candidates with sufficient information technology and language skills and so on. Does the Minister agree that this gap exists? What can we see in the numbers that indicates the Minister is setting about addressing the gap?