Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will speak today about a very positive day that we had in Limerick on Monday. The Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, visited Limerick.

Senator Craughwell will be interested to know that Limerick College of Further Education made an announcement on the purchase of three buildings for a digital and media hub. That is most fitting, given their expansion by working with the likes of Troy Studios. Limerick is now becoming one of the biggest areas for film studios in the country.

We also learned about the retrofitting programme through the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, LCETB. There we met many trainees and apprentices who are almost ready to go out and work in the workplace on the retrofitting programme.