Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Forthcoming Education, Youth and Culture Council: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills

1:35 pm

Photo of Marie MoloneyMarie Moloney (Labour)
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With regard to issue 3, the Council issued country-specific recommendations, a number of which the Minister listed. Is there any in particular on which we need to focus? I note a reference to reducing the number of early school leavers. I congratulate the Minister in this regard because the retention figures are pretty good at present.

Does Ireland need to concentrate on its language skills in light of the fact that PayPal could recruit only half of its staff from Ireland because of the shortage of language skills?