Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister responsible for science, I believe the earlier children are exposed to science and innovation, the better. Every year at the BT Young Scientists & Technologists of the Year competition, we are blown away by the ideas of the secondary school students and even more blown away by the projects of the primary school students. The more that young people are immersed in science and understand its breadth, the more it will serve us with third level graduates in the future.