Mr. Ray English:

WorldSkills International have a programme of development of skills in Africa, led by San-Quei Lin, the official delegate from Taiwan. His specific task is to look at development. This year, WorldSkills ran its first African national skills in Swakopmund, Namibia. That was attended by 12 countries. WorldSkills is looking to partner up, and we would like to partner up with WorldSkills and Irish Aid to see how we could use our national champions to raise skills in Africa, if such a programme would be beneficial. It is about that transfer of skills and that growth in knowledge and sharing. It would certainly be really useful.

On green skills, this year at WorldSkills we are hosting the World Plumbing Council, which is coming to Dublin for a meeting next month. It is very interesting that as part of the competition they now develop units that are self-sustaining. For example, in Kazan they developed toilet units and shower units that were then donated to a hospice. They were manufactured for the competition and then taken directly and installed as part of that sustainability agenda. We are very clear that we need to drive that way. We are really keen that all of the projects will look towards that and develop in that way.