Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 213: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied regarding the future strength and skills of the labour force; his plans to address the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38211/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs has been monitoring future skills requirements since 1997 and much has been done in the interim to ensure awareness of, and responses to, identified skills needs at all levels. To ensure that we have the skills to meet future demand in the medium to longer term, I have asked the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs to report on the most likely developments in this regard.

Its study, which will be published shortly, will seek to identify the likely skills profile of the economy in the period to 2020 and will allow us to advance a national skills strategy for the medium term.