Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I welcome Mr. O'Sullivan and the other members of the delegation. They referred to subjects. We all know maths is really important. Is science as important as used to be the case and should it be a core subject on the junior and leaving certificate syllabuses? I accept that we do not have enough graduates, that there is a high level of unemployment and that we need to try to deal with these issues together. It is important, however, that when we emerge from the current phase there will still be people with IT skills coming to Ireland, particularly as they bring with them diversity, etc. I heard Mr. O'Sullivan speak on this topic previously - it might have been in the context of Silicon Valley - and perhaps he might enlighten us further on it. In this regard, I refer particularly to the assertion that if we attract 10,000 jobs from abroad, it will lead to the creation of 100,000 jobs locally.