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Hoteliers from across the country recently met with TDs and Senators to discuss the key challenges facing Irish tourism and the necessary measures the Irish Hotels Federation is calling for to ensure the successful long-term development of Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, supporting over 270,000 livelihoods – including 22,000 in Galway.

Hoteliers from across the country recently met with TDs and Senators to discuss the key challenges facing Irish tourism and the necessary measures the Irish Hotels Federation is calling for to ensure the successful long-term development of Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, supporting over 270,000 livelihoods – including 22,000 in Galway.

Minister for Disability and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, has welcomed a major increase in healthcare places in both Atlantic Technological University and University of Galway through the creation of new third level programmes.

Nina Carberry, MEP for Ireland’s Midlands North West and member of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee, is calling for greater EU investment in skills development. She argues this is key to maintaining Europe’s economic strength. Carberry is pushing for the establishment of a new Intergroup in the European Parliament focused on education and skills, aimed at boosting Europe’s competitiveness.

MentorsWork, an award-winning initiative of Skillnet Ireland in partnership with the Small Firms Association (SFA), has supported over 3,000 SMEs in Ireland since launching in 2020.

Ibec’s Irish Medtech Association and Polymer Technology Ireland, the Ibec groups which represents the medtech, and polymer sectors, celebrated over 600 apprentices now engaged with the Manufacturing Technician Level 6, Manufacturing Engineer Level 7 and Polymer Processing Technologist Level 7 apprenticeship programmes at special ‘Talent to Thrive’ event hosted by the Irish Medtech Association Board at The G Hotel, Galway last week.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney have launched a new platform to help people seeking to upskill and reskill.

The Springboard+ 2021 programme will offer 10,158 free and subsidised places on 294 courses this year. Some 1,100 places on one and two year ICT graduate conversion courses are also on offer under the initiative.

NUI Galway has been allocated more than €7.5 million to develop "innovative courses" that will allow graduates meet the needs of key enterprises in Ireland.

The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe presented his fourth Budget on Tuesday. As was well signalled, this Budget was framed against the backdrop of a potential no deal Brexit. Given the current reality of climate change, unsurprisingly climate related initiatives have featured prominently within the measures announced. The details announced also include certain tax increases, limited changes to personal tax, together with targeted measures for SMEs.