Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On the question about the curriculum, it is a basic skill for people to be able to assemble flat-pack furniture, for example, and to be able to use a spanner. That is fair enough. I will mention it to the Department of Education the next time I ask how it is getting on with the solar panel project, for example. Bringing in more practical skills, including the basics of how to do things in practice as well as in theory, is important. It is a relief sometimes for students who are stuck in a classroom all day to be able to do something physical. It is another form of learning and it is good for the brain to do things in that way.