Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Of all art forms, what does Professor Rafter believe is the most neglected, left behind or not as evident for young and old? If he had a magic wand, what is the first thing he would do? Arts is about magic and creating the other in people.

Regarding third level education and STEAM, which is science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, plus the arts, is there anything that Professor Rafter has seen in his travels or in his reading about other countries that, while I am not in the business of copying, he might like to see paralleled in Ireland?

These are general questions and there is more to what Professor Rafter wants to do. They are also magic questions, in the sense that he has not sat down in the job yet. This is just to give him a bounce.