Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion

Photo of Paul GavanPaul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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I apologise for interrupting but I am short on time. I thank our guests for their answers. That pipeline is not visible in Limerick right now but let us park that point.

I will move to my colleagues from IBEC. At the end of her presentation, Ms Fitzpatrick mentioned encouraging students to consider a career in technology. That still seems to be a challenge. Speaking to employers, there seems to be a challenge in respect of encouraging students to pursue technology. There is also a specific challenge in respect of gender. Can our guests comment on that? What else do we need to do to close that gender gap?