Ms Evelyn O'Connor:

The Deputy might also be interested to know that one of the steps the Department took with this new subject was to put a support framework in place. This was to ensure we contributed towards developing a strong professional community of computer science teachers into the future.

The framework was brought about through collaboration with our teacher support services, with academia and various universities and higher education institutions, and with IBEC. It gave this link to business and industry. I thought this might be of interest to Deputy Farrell.