Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My concern is not about ICT skills in the future but the broader sector in which we want to be ahead of the market before the market tells us we are short of skills. I am very concerned with regard to tourism also, which I see as a growth area. As one travels around the country one can see that we are far behind where we need to be in terms of the level of service agreement. There does not appear to be any level of training going into that market. If we are viewing it as a growth area, and it created 22,000 jobs in the past year, I am not sure that many of those were skilled jobs from the Irish sector, so to speak. That is a major issue for the future and we should examine it before it comes looking at us, as it were.