Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion
Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I will move on to programme C. This is coming from someone who has a background in humanities, which is what I studied at college. Programme C concerns research, innovation and science. I have a nagging concern in this regard. Many of the metrics are performing very well, apart from postdoctorates funded by Science Foundation Ireland, which is the one area that is lagging the most. I do not immediately see an arts, culture and humanities spend within that programme. I know that given some of the current legislative provisions we are thinking about, there are concerns among people who work in the humanities that if they do not raise their voices, they might get left behind as we begin to review this area. As somebody with an interest in the humanities, when looking at this performance review, where can I find reference to the humanities?
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