Erin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)

The witnesses are very welcome. It is great to have them here. I have a question for the witnesses from the AMTCE. I am well aware of what they do. I have been in the centre several times. The technology and advancement is dripping off the walls. The ambition that the centre shows inside the walls to look after industry and the centre's students and staff is such that we should visit as a committee because it is quite remarkable. To maintain that standard of learning and the centre's ambition, since the centre's whole thing is that it is new and it is all about creating new opportunities in the environment, what would be the witnesses' ask for the centre to make sure that we are allowing it to maintain that standard of excellence to create the new opportunities and address those problems that we do not even know exist? How can this committee and indeed this Government support the centre? The witnesses mentioned the funding from Louth and Meath ETB. How can we support the centre in doing that? It is an important employer in north Louth, it is fantastic for our students and it is critical to our industry in north Louth and the region.