Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many graduates go abroad in order to get life experience and so on.

Can any incentives be put in place to encourage them to stay? Is that being considered?

On STEM subjects, 640 primary schools were accredited recently to encourage people to study science at a young age. Is the Department looking at increasing the number of teachers in the STEM subjects? People are encouraged to take up maths. Has the Department any plans to do that in the other STEM subjects? This is an important area and there is such a shortage of teachers. I would like to hear the comments of the witnesses.