Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed)

3:20 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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It is not true to say that all jobs in the construction sector are low skilled. The construction sector has been upgraded in the past ten years in particular and needs to upgrade more with a much higher skill requirement than what was previously needed. That should be acknowledged.