Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

I am talking about that also; it has similar projects. Science Foundation Ireland was involved in a review of FÁS's Science Challenge programme.

Bearing in mind all the various programmes that were supposed to encourage people to become involved in science, technology, engineering and ICT, what was occurring in the Department? The programmes were all going in different directions and vast quantities of taxpayers' money were spent on all of them.

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