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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Yes. Is there more that can be done at primary level to prepare students to study STEM subjects? What measures can be taken to enhance the uptake of STEM subjects in DEIS schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: A lot of primary schools students, when they go into secondary school, have almost convinced themselves that they are not good at maths. Are there opportunities, in Mr. Crone's experience, for them to convince themselves that they are good at maths or recover? Can they recover from their lack of knowledge of maths when they go into secondary school? I ask these questions because such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Crone for coming before the committee and I am glad we were able to facilitate him this week. This conversation will be part and parcel of our continuing work on the STEM subjects. We will suspend for a few minutes to allow the other witnesses to enter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Jones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I now invite Ms O'Reilly to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I now invite Mr. Duffy to make a statement on behalf of the TUI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy O'Sullivan took my question with regard to the students, as did the Senator. I have a question for the TUI and ASTI. I asked our other witness earlier about transition year. Some schools are absolutely fantastic at getting the best out of transition year students, while other schools are not as good. We have all seen different experiences in different schools around the country....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Did Ms Ní Chéileachair say she worked at a DEIS school earlier on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Totally accidentally, my three kids go to the local primary school in Enniscorthy town. It is the biggest primary school outside of Dublin with almost 1,000 pupils and it is a DEIS school. It is absolutely fantastic and no matter what we look for or what backup we look for, it is there. Of course they are always looking for more, that is the way it is and I applaud the teacher and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: How do we get STEM and promote STEM in those larger schools and the DEIS schools, which may be at a disadvantage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Ní Chéileachair. On the challenges around availability of specific teaching posts, specifically in physics and science subjects that has come up over the last couple of weeks, when a person is looking at the attractiveness of a teaching career versus a career in the private sector, I presume the private sector is winning out. There are advantages and disadvantages of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have questions for Ms Maniti and Ms O'Reilly about the male domination of the uptake in STEM subjects. Is the trend of male domination of teaching STEM subjects going further after qualification? In its opening statement, the ISSU stated there are fewer female students taking up STEM subjects in secondary schools. As for female teachers qualifying as STEM teachers, whether it be in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Did Ms O'Reilly find the same?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I spoke to someone yesterday who spent the past two years in Australia and came home because of the cost of living, yet there is a huge exodus of young people from here to Australia because of the cost of living here. I thank the witnesses for their attendance today and for their extremely beneficial contributions, which will feed into the committee's ongoing work on STEM. I also thank...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will review the tax treatment of rental income received by landowners and farmers who rent to those connected to them; if his Department has considered a more equitable system to allow extended farm families avail of the income tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11176/23]