Ms Mary Buckley:

I agree with the previous speaker. One of the most important things is that they need to hear entrepreneurship being talked about all the time. I think of the expert group on future skills needs which is always looking to see where the gaps are in schools for the future. Clearly, the STEM subjects have arisen with ICT skills and others. I am trying to translate some of the very good work the group does where it has a very strong role in communicating and influencing to first, second and third level students as well as to parents, career guidance teachers and everyone else. For entrepreneurship, there are role models and a requirement for people to speak positively about and encourage it. That is the most important piece. It should be just like going to college and doing law, medicine or, indeed, engineering. Entrepreneurship should be on that list to push people along to do things for themselves.