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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the grant available to owner-occupiers to renovate a vacant property could also be made available to owners who wish to rent out a vacant property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Oireachtas Proceedings (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 347. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether he will make a statement to Dáil Éireann confirming that the report of the Army Court of Inquiry that sat in Tralee on 7 April 1923 to investigate the death of eight prisoners at Ballyseedy Bridge and four prisoners at Countess Bridge on 7 and 8 March 1923, was a dishonest and grossly inaccurate account of what occurred, and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to provide a citizens information centre in Rathmines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection where the Dublin south citizens information service can be availed of by those living in Dublin 6 and Dublin 6W who need to avail of such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that a child's hours in a full-time creche needs to be recorded; if the subsidy will be affected if parents collect their children earlier from the creche; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15459/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh. I also thank Dr. Freeman and Mr. Reynolds for appearing before the committee and for their opening statements. I will start with Dr. Freeman. When we talk about STEM, there is a tendency to recognise and overemphasise the science and mathematics part. Technology and engineering are obviously leaving certificate subjects but when do they become apparent in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: When we get to post-primary education, while I do not know the numbers of students taking technology and engineering, is it very specific? Is there a dependence on having teachers in schools who have the expertise in this area or is are these subjects more broadly available than I think?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is the cause of that just old-fashioned gender stereotypes or is it deeper than that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is interesting. Before I come to Mr. Reynolds, one of the statistics we learned at this committee is that when we look at people who are doing PhDs, 40% or 41% of PhD graduates are women. After that, however, at professorial or high lecturing level, the numbers plummet. What can we do to try to rectify or change that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. Reynolds mentioned in his opening statement that it is essential for the teaching of physics that a teacher has a well-equipped classroom. From his experience of the Republic, do we have well-equipped classrooms generally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: When Mr. Reynolds talks about availability, is that primarily driven by the availability of teachers who can teach physics or is it broader than simply the availability of staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What does Mr. Reynolds think of a proposal presented to and considered by the committee previously that, in order to ensure there is broader availability of specifically qualified teachers in physics, biology or applied maths, teachers would be employed by a series or group of schools in order that they could teach their expertise in a group of schools as opposed to being employed by one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chair and thank all the guests for coming before the committee this afternoon. If I may start with Dr. Soden, obviously, the country, through IDA Ireland, has done a remarkable job in attracting foreign direct investment. To what extent are client companies of IDA Ireland or prospective client companies expressing concern about the ability to secure suitably-qualified STEM...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I suppose part of the problem is as a result of our success. Presumably many of these highly qualified people who are going into business previously would have gone into the education sector and would have been teachers. Is an issue that Ms McMahon is concerned about that all or a significant percentage of the talent from STEM seems to be going into business and is not available to provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. McDonnell mentioned in his opening submission about how there was this productivity gap. Interestingly, Mr. McDonnell said that it is not necessarily only with the employees. It also exists at management level. What is Mr. McDonnell's concern about the shortfall amongst SME owners and managers in explaining that part of the productivity gap?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask Ms McGee about IBEC. Does IBEC think that businesses in Ireland have or could have a role to play in enhancing the capacity and ability of schools to teach STEM, in particular, in secondary schools?