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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I know that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 4 May 2023; to provide an update on his Department’s review of the guidelines of the use of school buildings outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44927/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department is supporting the creation of teaching qualifications for teachers of special education; her further plans, if any, in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tax Credits (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with reference to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight’s May 2023 Report on Section 481 – Films Tax Credit, the action he intends to take with respect to the Committee recommendation (details supplied). [45142/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 23 February 2023, the action taken in the interim to ensure that appropriate supports and services are made available to a person (details supplied); the supports and services that have been made available as a result of his intervention; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentation. It is very interesting. When we dig down into it and start looking at what the institute does, and I congratulate it on its work, it is very impressive. I notice that there is a huge amount of information on the Institute of Physics' website. I spent a little time going through it last night and again this morning. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I like the way it is structured. There is even a section, Limit Less for political audiences, which is very focused. The institute is based across the UK and Ireland. I also noticed it has a lot of grants and supports available in this space. Quite a number of them seem to be based in the UK. Will Ms Longmuir tell us about the ones that are available in Ireland, which the institute is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The ones available in England and the UK are quite impressive. I am interested to see what will happen here. Deputy O'Reilly spoke about primary schools, and the importance of introducing children to physics and science at primary level and to what is now called science, technology, engineering, arts and maths, STEAM, education. It has gone beyond STEM. Could we start even earlier than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The toys that we buy our children or babies have an influence. The girls get dolls and the boys get Lego or Meccano or whatever it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The Institute of Physics has a number of reports, one of which was to do with female role models in STEM from 2020 to 2022. Will the witnesses talk a little about that report? What were its outcomes and findings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I am interested in what the Institute of Physics said about apprenticeships being made attractive to women and disabled learners. We have done a lot of work on disability, including learners from minority ethnic backgrounds and those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Representatives of the Open Doors initiative were before us recently, which I am sure the Institute of Physics is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: My time is almost gone. I ask the Chair to indulge me. The Institute of Physics also has a section on the use of Irish Sign Language, ISL, which is fascinating. It is great to see the Institute of Physics focusing on that area. It references about 5,000 people who use ISL as their first language and so on. The Institute of Physics has done a project on that as well, the ISL STEM Glossary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Longmuir. I could keep talking about this all day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: My hand is up because I was a guidance counsellor in a former life, a long time ago. I discovered then that the witnesses are right and, from what they say, it has not changed much. The perception of physics was that it was a difficult subject and maybe not a very interesting subject for some. When children come into first year in second level, they do science, which covers all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I think most of us attend the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. I go for an injection of positivity, because there is so much negativity, especially from our media, and it keeps me going for a couple of weeks. Merck in my area in east Cork has a mini-young scientist exhibition with secondary schools each year, which works well. Are there other examples of that happening around the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: On its website, the Institute of Physics has a report entitled, Investigating the factors affecting science subject uptake and student engagement with Junior Cycle Science, (2019-2021). Its project lead is Dr. Regina Kelly from the University of Limerick. Is that research available publicly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I would be quite interested in looking at that. Earlier, I mentioned people from minority ethnic backgrounds and disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Again, people feel that physics is difficult. Has any work been done on the results in the leaving certificate? I know we have grade inflation at the moment, which is another issue. Has work been done on the results of the leaving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I notice that there is also an Institute of Biology and an Institute of Chemistry. Has the Institute of Physics linked up with them?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the public bus service capacity, particularly at peak times, in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44126/23]