Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I presume that interest in digital and television production training in third level colleges has gone through the roof in recent years. Do third level colleges now prepare people to work in this part of the industry? When I studied at the National College of Art and Design, NCAD, digital was not to the fore as it is now so anyone who had an interest in digital production had to go to the college in Ballyfermot. What is now the Ballyfermot College of Further Education, was streets ahead of every other third level college in the country in promoting animation and television production. Where can young people who have the skillset but want to study these subjects pursue them as part of their future careers?

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