johnwilliams
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I think this issue is being hyped way out of proportion. Lots of things are said in an election cycle (witness our own); most never come to pass.. will they go back to the states .
It would make sense if he did this. There would be huge pain for Ireland in the short term, but with effective (different) leadership, Ireland should be able to create its own enterprise.
At the moment Ireland is like a leach.
I think this issue is being hyped way out of proportion. Lots of things are said in an election cycle (witness our own); most never come to pass.
thats true..but what will kill overseas investment in the end will be our high cost base..espically with more and more low wage countries vieing for business.our English speaking highly educated workforce have a lot to offer.
As long as we keep swollowing that line of BS we will continue to be in trouble.our English speaking highly educated workforce have a lot to offer.
Purple,As long as we keep swollowing that line of BS we will continue to be in trouble.
Purple,
I can see from your spelling that you many have been unlucky with education :-;
There is still plenty to do to improve our education system but even at the current state, I believe that it is one of our strengths.
In the context of US multinationals, and foreign direct investment in general, it is scientists and engineers that matter. Solicitors don't create much export wealth. From a purely economic perspective we have far too many solicitors and arts graduates and not enough technically skilled people.Can you please point me to the research that we "are nowhere near the standard we need to be at second or third level to compete with the rest of Northern Europe"
Scientists and Engineers are a very narrow perspective of an education system. We have lots of scope for improvement in these areas but there are lots of third level courses in science and engineering which are undersubscribed. I do not believe that this is because of the quality of the course, it is the perceived relative benefit that doing the course will bring the student in years to come.
There are hundreds of people qualifying as solicitors these days, something that would have been perceived as an education that was only available to the elite in the past. This is an example of may avenues of higher education that have become increasingly accessible.
In the context of US multinationals, and foreign direct investment in general, it is scientists and engineers that matter.
So we need software engineers, telecoms engineers and a low taxation system. Well we have the tax system but others are copying and beating it.What happened to software, financial services an telecommunications? For many US multinationals we are the most 'near-shore' location for shared service and sales centres for EMEA. Even time zone is a benefit we have. These do not have a heavy reliance on scientists or engineers.
If you look at the major US software companies operating in Ireland, I would speculate, from experience, that approximately 10-15% at most are engineers. The majority of employees are in functions that have no requirement for a science or engineering qualification.
IMHO, these companies did not come here for our engineers or scientists and they will not leave because of a shortage of engineers or scientists. If tax, regulatory and social environments are right, they will bring in the required skills.
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