Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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A positive development I have heard reported, particularly from Enterprise Ireland, is that we are getting increasing numbers of people from a STEM background who also have that entrepreneurial spirit and the fear of failure that might have plagued people of my generation is not there. If IDA Ireland client companies want top-quality graduates, they had better get their hooks into them early. These guys coming out of college are not afraid to set up their own business straight out of the gate. They are not afraid of that business failing and moving on to the next one.

There is a real cultural change, which is exciting. Maybe it is a change from Ireland of older times. I do not know if Ms McMahon wanted to comment.