19 Jan Interview with David Duffy, Director of Property Industry Ireland (PII)
"Across every sector there are ambitious targets. (But) we're seeing a lot of innovation by companies looking at how they can reduce carbon or move to more circular."...
"Across every sector there are ambitious targets. (But) we're seeing a lot of innovation by companies looking at how they can reduce carbon or move to more circular."...
“We have a very highly educated workforce, with about 111,000 people now employed in the sector, around 56,000 of whom are in international-facing roles.”...
“It just goes to show, and when we're speaking to government as well, when we talk about the technology sector, we're not just talking about the tech sector, we’re talking about the entire ecosystem.”...
“eir is interesting in this regard, as a legacy business with a history of more than 100 years; we have transformed radically in recent years. We employ innovation to ensure we are leveraging the best technology to improve our business and the services we provide...
“Ireland has come through the global financial crisis and COVID showing resilience, determination of its policy makers and society, and this has been recognized by international investors.”...
“We believe that the US, and US companies have also benefited in a very significant way. It's critical that we maintain that competitiveness and spirit of cooperation and collaboration between the two countries.”...
“We enjoy great levels of buy-in from companies for our programs, and government too has supported us through increases in our funding, particularly over the last four or five years.” ...
“In terms of our recent milestones, I’m proud to say that Osborne emerged out of Covid as one of Ireland’s largest Irish-owned self-funded recruitment consultancies.”...
“We have a great culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in Trinity. We have spun out over 30 companies in the last five years, raising over €200 million in funding and creating over 400 jobs.” ...
“We have over 24,000 students who come into this institution every year who are the driving force behind the whole institutional approach to embed sustainability across teaching, research, and operations.”...