Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

ICT Skills Report: Discussion

2:05 pm

Mr. Joe Cunningham:

If those subjects are not offered, girls are not incentivised to study them. The irony is that the software industry is very family-friendly. Girls may not want to follow a career in some industries but ours is very family-friendly. We work long hours, but we are flexible within them.