Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the whole area of science, there is such a world out there now for our young people. Of course there are challenges but there are also exciting times. If anybody has ever studied nanotechnology and what that means, they will see that it is about what is in the future, what we can actually do with regard to health and studying, and it is a completely different way of life. It is like people exploring the new world. There is a new world in this and there is so much talk that our minds could not even comprehend it. It is very interesting to study and to try even to start to understand it and the possibilities and capabilities it might hold in the future.

Science Week is for everybody but it is particularly for young people. There is a great world out there for them, if only they use their time productively. One of the first things that young people should really do if they want to use their time productively is to throw away this goddamn mobile phone and start looking up other things, including the people that are alongside them.

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