Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Public Accounts Committee

Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland

11:00 am

Mr. Barry O'Leary:

Those who consider coming to Ireland examine the talent pool here and in other countries, and make a judgment call that the situation in Ireland is better than in most other countries. Of course the talent race is global and there are approximately 700,000 vacancies for engineers and technology people throughout the European Union. New and existing initiatives in Ireland and the European Union, and visas beyond this, are part of the model.