Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am deputising for Deputy Jonathan O'Brien who is Sinn Féin spokesperson on education. It is fascinating. Way back when I was trying to navigate through economics, statistics and mathematics at University College Galway, I would definitely have been banging your door down. Mr. O'Sullivan mentioned a few things that I found very interesting. He said that the ICT-enabled supports were not very used very much. I am surprised that this is the case when we are becoming so much more computer-literate and people are doing things at their own speed at their own time. What are the barriers to people using those resources?

I am not sure if Mr. O'Sullivan feels it is within his competence to talk about Project Maths. We have heard a lot about Project Maths and about improving the mathematical skills of second level going into third level. Has Mr. O'Sullivan seen anything within that and is it a step forward or a step backwards? Do we need to rethink that type of methodology?

What would Mr. O'Sullivan ask for? How many tutors do we have across third-level colleges? If he had the cheque book in the morning, how many more tutors would he look for or what other resources would he ask for in a reasonable manner that could be put to a Minister for Education and Skills in a practical sense? You are great people for quantifying things so I would imagine that you would be able to put a figure on it.