Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Another major issue the committee wants to look at is trying to ensure more women study STEM in secondary school and third-level education. In his statement, Mr. Jones said that 41% of those graduating with a PhD in science, mathematics and computing are women. I was quite surprised by this as I did not think it would be quite as high. Obviously, the figure should be higher. My concern was that it would be lower. He went on to say that part of the difficulty is that after completing a PhD, their involvement drops. Why is that?