Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My apologies for being late as another committee meeting was on at the same time. I have some brief questions and I would prefer to hear the answers from our guests rather than listening to me rambling on. Having worked as a teacher in a DEIS school for 15 years, I would be particularly interested in opening this question to anybody who might wish to answer it: what measures we are taking to enhance STEM subjects at DEIS school level? As I have said, I taught in a DEIS school for 15 years. As time has gone on, there has been more emphasis on science and maths, in particular. To be fair, the schools I have been involved in have always had a great relationship with industry located nearby. They have had engineers, scientists and so on coming in and giving presentations to students and actively engaging with them. Is there anything we can do in particular to enhance STEM subjects at DEIS level?