Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I welcome our guests and thank them for their contributions. I will start with the representatives from Skillnet. Where does decarbonisation, climate and sustainability come in its engagement with businesses, specifically SMEs? Are people coming to Skillnet looking for this information or is it chasing them with it? I am struck by the figure in the SEAI submission that 80% was produced by a very small number of large firms. But the biggest challenge is often for small to medium enterprises. Where is it coming on their agenda? Is it top of the list, below that or at bottom of the meeting as something that they know they have to do? How can we gauge that? I want to get a sense of the sentiment from Skillnet.