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

Ms Barbara Gerstenberger:

That is part of the task of a sister agency of ours that looks at education and training where there is a skills mapping and a skills forecasting exercise, with an attempt to look five to ten years ahead to the type of skills that will be required for the jobs that will be available. Everyone will appreciate that this is a notoriously difficult exercise.