Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The difficulty with all of that, with all due respect, is that this is what we have been doing down through the decades, decade after decade. What I am suggesting to the Minister of State is that right across the economy at the moment, not just domestically but globally, there is a huge shortage of staff in the area of cybersecurity. This is an area of flexible employment. It can be done remotely at different times in the day and in different markets, be they here domestically, or across Europe, the Middle East or North America. It potentially provides flexible, high-value employment to one-parent families. This could bring additional high-value income into those homes. There is a whole cultural aspect of this with regard to the long-term impact this can have on society.

A similar project is operating in Norway with Microsoft, where migrant women are being engaged with. We need to look at where the niches are in the economy at the moment, where they can meet an upskilled workforce and specifically target one-parent families for those, taking a radical approach to this.

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