Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Business of Joint Committee
The Creative Economy: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Mr. Cathal Gaffney:

I refer to animation skills and graduates who come out of college who are able to work on a production. Animation graduates require some training before working on a production. We are prepared to invest in training in that regard to a certain extent, but there is still a significant shortfall. With fewer than 50, or around 40, graduates per year coming out of Ireland, there are not enough to meet the growth in the sector.