Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I rise today to highlight the fact that Explore Engineering will take place at Shannon Airport on Thursday, 7 March from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. It is a collaboration between industry, the ETB and the chambers of commerce. More than 60 different engineering companies will come forward to show what exactly they do. It is about encouraging students, especially, who wish to study engineering and showing them the different types of jobs available and what exactly they would be doing. It will encourage people to study engineering. It is also covered by Tús and the University of Limerick. They are very involved in it as well. It is mainly run by the chambers of commerce and the education and training board, ETB. It is really important because it is of benefit to students, their parents and their teachers and is about encouraging them to come forward and go for engineering roles. We all understand that engineering is a key part of any community.