Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses here today. I will direct my first question to Ms McMahon from Enterprise Ireland. I am a big fan of the viewpoints she put forward regarding what we need to do about education. How would Ms McMahon see the dedicated enterprise liaison teams working in our universities?

I am in agreement around the evidence base. On the regional and national skills forum I was very fortunate in that I had an introduction to the one in the west. I know that is a great mix, but sometimes those forums are quite large. What achievements are we seeing coming out of those or what impacts are they having?

I totally agree with Ms McMahon on the cross-functional skills as well.

Regarding the micro-credentials and the RPL, how are they working out from an Enterprise Ireland point of view? Perhaps the IDA could come in on those questions as well.