Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed).

Mr. Andrew Brownlee:

Yes, there is already a wind turbine engineering apprenticeship which is co-ordinated by Kerry ETB. It is a really exciting development. There is a plan to develop two centres of specialisation in offshore energy, one on the west side of the country around Kerry and one in Wicklow in the east. There is already one there and one operational so it is an area of real potential. The infrastructure is not as good as it is in Scotland but there is an investment fund to deal with that. We need the talent to service that infrastructure.

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