Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Hayes spoke about the final that was held in the Google Foundry prior to Christmas. I was there and there was a very impressive line up of young entrepreneurs. Like Mr. Hayes, I was trying to recall how many women were involved, but there were quite a number of women there. I spoke to some of them afterwards and one of them was from Offaly, which was wonderful. She won the midlands leg of the competition and had a very innovative and different idea. I found it interesting to talk to her and she spoke about the whole process. It was one thing to be in the competition but she found the whole process very helpful and found there was learning every step of the way, even down to the networking and developing of presentations. I compliment the initiative, which is a terrific one. She said that having come through that, she knows that she will be able to go further now. The first question she asked us was how could she improve further. I was impressed having spoken to young people and hearing of the tremendous support they received and how beneficial it was to them.

Does Senator White wish to make a final comment before we wrap up the discussion?