Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed)
Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael)
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The issues of diversity and bringing women in were mentioned. It is funny because we had teachers here in our first session, namely, maths teachers and different representative groups. They were great speakers and all men. They highlighted that they need more diversity and more women. Coming back to my experience in college, there are many women in arts. I refer to engineering. I have never been in an engineering lecture in college but if one went to one, I can only imagine. We used to say that it was all guys. The whole idea of a multidisciplinary approach in the context of how we marry colleges within our universities is going to be absolutely key. Dr. Kyne might comment on this matter. I am conscious of time.