Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his detailed answer. It gives me a great deal of confidence to hear an answer like that because the challenge we have as a society is one of total reform as we take on this very significant and monumental challenge which is climate change. If we could fast-forward a few years, we could probably see that our energy, transport, housing and agriculture sectors will all look very different, but it is very much a question of the time and effort we put in now to training our young people. To a certain degree, we will have to go overseas for some of these skills but there should be very significant opportunities for our young people, in particular, and for our not-so-young people to transition into new roles. We will need engineers, technologists, ecologists, planners and many other skill sets to succeed in this very significant challenge. It is not just about wind or offshore wind but also involves the other sectors, and we should be mindful of the reform agenda we have in those sectors.

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