Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Brexit and Readiness of Businesses, Employees and Communities: Discussion

Photo of Matt ShanahanMatt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Ms King referenced the short-time working agreement and highlighted the encouraging of training and upskilling. Most business is opportunity led and, first and foremost, they must significantly identify where their market opportunities are. We have the same problem in regional Waterford, as has been discussed on the Border. I refer to the idea of trying to identify opportunity and then having the workforce. It is not always possible, particularly with the market changes in AI digitisation and globalisation, to upskill people to that extent. Are there any other areas Ms King can highlight? It is great to say upskilling but what sectors was she targeting when she referred to upskilling workers from the current employment to new employment?

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