Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012
1:20 am
Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:
I agree with the Deputy, but we have the third highest proportion of science and technology graduates in the European Union. We have the highest proportion of graduates under 35. We have been relatively good at turning our higher education system towards skill needs, but the extent of demand for ICT is huge, and we have to become better at that. We are not in a bad position internationally, but I agree with the Deputy on the problem solving aspect.