Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I also thank the people involved in ensuring this merger can go forward, and I very much welcome the work that the Minister and his Department have done over recent months and years in bringing this together.

It is important that we also organise and ensure we get out information to students in primary and secondary schools about the area of science and technology. We should look at getting this done in an organised way. The Cork region has nine of the top ten pharmaceutical companies and many of the companies leading technological advances. It is important that we continue to promote that expansion in the Cork and Kerry region. It is important to note where people from industry make a major contribution, including the chairperson of Cork Institute of Technology, Mr. Bob Savage.

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