Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that there is a strategy in place but that strategy is four years old and, with the pace of this, changes occur within months. The enterprise committee, of which Deputy Stanton is also a member, heard this week that only 5% of companies are engaged in any sort of reskilling for the onset of artificial intelligence. We need an accelerated programme in areas such as Skillnet Ireland and the Springboard programmes to look at workforces that need to adapt rapidly. We know it is already hitting journalism, as well as lawyers, programmers and accountants. White collar positions will be dramatically impacted. We need to see programmes and the capacity to deliver them. The capacity to deliver skills in this area will be a real constraint.

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