Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed).
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Chair. I welcome everybody here this afternoon. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Brownlee but I believe I should start with somebody else to give them the opportunity to come in first. I might return to Mr. Brownlee at the end of my contribution.
Dr. Patterson commented that we have to be responsive to labour market needs. The blunt question is whether we have we been so responsive. I will cushion the question a little bit for Dr. Patterson by asking what kind of area we are excelling in. What area can we do better in with respect to responding to market needs?