Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We have a good national skills infrastructure which we are improving. This is one of the few countries that turned its education and training system towards STEM and ICT at a very early stage, especially in the further and higher education sector. We had an expert group on future skills needs, which engaged in planning in sectors. We had huge investments in ICT and STEM from about 17 or 18 years ago onwards and turned our system in that direction. We have a very high proportion of STEM graduates compared to other European countries. We published a skills strategy last year and are establishing a national skills council which we will put in place in the near future. I understand the Minister will make an announcement on the membership of the council in the next number of weeks.