Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised)
5:00 pm
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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It was more an observation. I was picking up on what the Minister of State had said about people doing STEM subjects. There is a gap between our scientists and our product development people. There has been insufficient investment in commercialisation and in the skillset and in creating the linkages and encouraging the IP out of the labs but there is also a gap in basic product development, training and application, which is something that should be considered.