Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Business Opportunities and Differences: Engagement with Irish SME Association
Mr. Neil McDonnell:
Yes, there is substantial goodwill to try to get some of those people into the labour force. The Ukrainian Embassy is assisting the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with the process of identifying skill sets. There is a substantive issue around the composition of those people coming in. There are a lot of females who have exclusive responsibility for childcare and an absence of males.
That is a particularly difficult issue at the moment.
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