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Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Order for Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I would be grateful if I could share my time with Senator McDowell. We will have three minutes each.

Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. As I have said here before, education should never be measured just in terms of grades or CAO points, nor should it be geared towards preparing young people to be economic units, ready for employment by multinationals, at least not primarily. Education should be about allowing children to become fully rounded human beings. A vital part of...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I am grateful to the Minister of State for her reply and for her support and that of the Government for the Bill. She summarised admirably the importance of play. I never realised during my days in the schoolyard how much I was learning about social interactions, dealing with my fears and all those issues. It is all absolutely true. The reference the Minister of State made at the end of...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: In 1979 the people voted to amend the Constitution to provide that the pool of universities that would elect six Members of Seanad Éireann could be widened to include other institutions of higher education in the State. I know Senator Malcolm Byrne also has an interest in this issue. Nothing happened, as often occurs in Irish politics. On 31 March the Supreme Court effectively forced...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Dr. Connolly said 15% of schools offer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Dr. Connolly said 22% of girls do it. Is she saying 22% of girls overall in the country or that 22% of those who do it are female?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: That would be a higher percentage of girls than schools. I was wondering about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Within the schools, a much higher percentage of girls are doing it than guys.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I will not be able to get to everybody. All of the witnesses said interesting things, but time will prevent me from getting around to all of them. Professor McCormack spoke about women's attainment. It is clear and impressive that more women come out on top in engineering at the highest level. The completion rate is 90% compared with 67% for boys. Another way of looking at that is to ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Does Professor McCormack believe that if she controlled for everything, there would be any likelihood of a greater level of aptitude among boys in general? Does she think, everything being equal, it would be 50-50 for aptitude and ability in these areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: The Science Gallery, I meant to say, which housed, in a public interest, a collection of material relating to science.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: So Professor Hyland would not see a significant degree of overlap?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I was glad that Professor Hyland referred to the Government's STEM education policy statement about nurturing ethical behaviour, among other things. I always think of Churchill's dictum that scientists should be on tap but not on top. How will the national children's science centre deliver on those ethical ideas? It may be a question for all the witnesses because we did not touch on the...