Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will come back to my two colleagues in a second. I have a question for Dr. Prendergast. I was delighted to see him tweet this morning from the Carlow campus at SETU, where students from the FCJ Secondary School in Bunclody in my constituency were being shown around the campus. That is so important. This leads me to my other question. We talked about STEM subjects. I believe colleges, universities and TUs can do much more to attract more students to STEM. Working with career guidance teachers is one issue. Mr. Deenihan will recall that one of the cutbacks at the time he was in government was in career guidance teachers. It was a major issue. I thought it was the wrong decision, even though I sat at the Cabinet table, but we were in very difficult economic times and it was rolled in with the responsibilities of the school. Career guidance teachers in schools are so important. Does Dr. Prendergast believe, as I do, an awful lot more can be done in conjunction with those positions, including liaising with career guidance teachers on STEM subjects to encourage more students to participate in them?