Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair and commend the witnesses on their enormous enthusiasm and energy. Ms Casey spoke about the importance of mapping the sector. Is she speaking about starting from scratch or has anything been done already? It may be of some benefit to Mr. Whelton to know that in conjunction with IT Sligo I am working with parents on a project on the STEM subjects. This project was inspired by CoderDojo and I had identified a gap that existed in regard to parents. He spoke about the lack of computer skills. Sometimes parents do not know what is going on with their young people, and this is the gap I am trying to fill at a local level.

One of my daughters attended a CoderDojo session in Sligo and found it a bit of a boy experience. While it may have provided opportunities to meet boys, that is not the reason she attended it.