Dr. Alex Dowdall:

The third level sector is highly collaborative. That is very important to understand. Our Department is the expert when it comes to the third level sector itself, but it is not necessarily the expert in the various subjects that are taught at third level. Regardless of the skills area we are dealing with - renewable energy, digital skills, the teaching of Irish at second level or Irish-language requirements for the public sector - we rely on engagement with our colleagues in the Government Departments and agencies that are the experts in those fields. We have those connections and those engagements. We sit on the steering groups and the groups that are pushing those policies forward. We will continue to do that.