Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I thank the witness and I look forward to that work. I recommend the review of the leaving certificate because there is a tendency for only insiders in the education system to engage on questions like this when it really affects our entire society, not least our enterprise sector. These are big choices that will shape Ireland for quite a while to come. They deserve a certain input from groups like the council, which has a wider perspective.