Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Skills Needed to Support the Economic Recovery Plan: Discussion

Dr. Alan Power:

Enterprise Ireland is informed by international best practice. It tries to impart that to its client base as well in the form of training programmes, webinars, etc.

In terms of what Mr. Donohoe referenced going back to the 1980s, there was similar work on that side of the house in terms of Enterprise Ireland liaison. I am fairly sure there is some sort of system in place where it tries to maximise supply chain opportunities for indigenous firms into the FDI sector. By virtue of that, an example would be set and some of those best practices filter down to the indigenous enterprises that are feeding in.