Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion
10:15 am
Mr. William Parnell:
It may indeed be Monday. The regional plans work closely with industry and education providers in the areas in identifying the particular strengths. For example, in the west, medical technology and life sciences are particular strengths. In the south west, there is extensive pharma-chem strength. The Border region is interesting. What the Department is trying to do is grow the enterprise base and get companies to scale up. This is relevant for companies, particularly in the Border region. They have a unique opportunity to test their exporting potential and trade across the Border. We are getting down into the granularity of where the jobs are when we go down to the regional level. There is a real opportunity in this area to try to build on the employment base and keep people working and living in these regions. My colleague, Mr. Wrynn, will cover the question on the enterprise centres.
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