Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Business of Joint Committee
The Creative Economy: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Ms Maureen Conway:

I would say "resources, resources, resources", although it might be looked on as a whinge. We talked to the pipers club and explored working with them, but we could not get to it fast enough because we do not have the resources to deliver. We are working on it in a different way and are continuing to talk to them. Mr. Gaffney needs more graduates with animation skills. I could take more graduates if I had somewhere to put them and somebody to teach them. We are letting students go from the college every year. We do not have an ab initioanimation degree. Given that it is complicated, I will not explain it in detail. We use a two plus two model and students start with us in their first year. It is not because they are not good enough. We do not have enough space to take more than a certain number of students to degree level. We could take more and provide more graduates to the industry. It is a frustration. We are very frustrated. Again, all I can say is "resources, resources, resources".

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