“Craig Barrett, former CEO of Intel, has repeatedly pointed out that Ireland must invest a higher percentage of GDP in education and research and development. We have the lowest investment in education and R&D by comparison with the rest of Europe …” (more)
[Patrick L O’Brien, Irish Examiner, 19 February]
They should check out the following report
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication16267_en.pdf .