Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply but he did not quite answer my question. I understand his comments on making forecasts but my question, which follows on from Deputy McLellan's, asked the sectors in which the increases in jobs are expected to occur. The Minister referred to the acute problem of the mismatch of jobs and skills. This problem is not new, however. It existed under the previous Government, when the US Chamber of Commerce made some stark comments about the large number of jobs that were available in the multinational sector. No Government has addressed the problem with particular energy and FÁS, which until recently was continuing to overtrain people for construction jobs, still does not appear to have learned the lesson. How, precisely, is the Government addressing the problem of producing people with skills for sectors where employment is anticipated to grow? I am disappointed that the Minister appears to be unable to identify the sectors in which the jobs will be created.

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