Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Megan Yeates:

It is very dominated. There is probably an 85% domination by men in the industry. I have often walked in and being the only female in the whole company within logistics. I have been able to use that to go back to younger people and create awareness of the opportunities that are available. Prior to my entering into a logistics degree course, I did not even know what it was. I just picked it blind off the CAO one day. I decided that it sounded like a bit of fun and that I would give it a go. That is the case for many people in the industry. They just stumbled into it. There is a significant skill shortage there. It is great to be able to raise that awareness.

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