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

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our witnesses for the information they have shared with us this morning. While I was reading the submission last night, I was having a think about this. Naturally, you think about your own schooling, when many of us were first exposed to physics, although I have a cousin who is a physicist who tells me that physics is all around us so we have been exposed to it since we were babies....

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

Louise O'Reilly: That is a very good point. Ms Longmuir is right; the negativity is coming from both ends of the spectrum, if that is even possible. She makes an interesting point on the adults being the influencers. The tendency is to ask young people why they are not doing things better or why they have not fixed what we did wrong. We should actually be talking directly to the people who are influencing...

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

Louise O'Reilly: That is very interesting. In her statement, Ms Longmuir said "approximately half of physics-related jobs do not require a degree, making further education and training a valuable and underutilised tool in the closing of the skills gap". Will Ms Longmuir speak about the type of jobs and sort of training that workers will undertake? As she said, the stereotype is such that someone thinks if...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I would have thought it would be. I was trying to get a picture in my head. If one is going to say, they are the stereotypes and they are over there but we are going to look at the reality, it is helpful to know exactly what it is, practically speaking, that people do. Will the witness speak about the role the Institute of Physics could potentially play in building apprenticeships and...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I agree with Ms Longmuir. The role of the Institute of Physics as convenor in that regard is interesting because it brings both elements. The consortium model puts employers in the driving seat, which is not always 100% a positive thing but there are a lot of positive elements to it. The potential for expansion is there. I guess that we have not reached the peak or anywhere near it in...

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

Louise O'Reilly: It is about exposing kids to a range of options. I am conscious of the time. I am delighted that our witnesses this morning are 50-50 but that is not true of the industry and - the witnesses will know - it is not true of the area. There are a lot of very gendered stereotypes that relate to physics, science and STEM. Apart from having 50-50 representation at panels and for our witnesses, I...

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

Louise O'Reilly: It is very positive.

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

Louise O'Reilly: I take that point. I was just trying to home in on that one. It is vast. It is made up of a number of elements.

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

Louise O'Reilly: Girls-only secondary schools.

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

Louise O'Reilly: Is Dr. Kyle saying it is more likely to be an all-girls' school-----

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

Louise O'Reilly: -----on balance?

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

Louise O'Reilly: If we were to put another lens on that to take in DEIS schools and disadvantaged communities, we would probably see them over-represented in the-----

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

Louise O'Reilly: Exactly. If there are more of us, we will change the world.

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

Louise O'Reilly: In answer to one of my questions, it was said that there is scope for the Institute of Physics to become a convenor for businesses. Can the delegates talk me through how that would work? I can see how it would work on a semi-formal basis. Formally speaking, does the institute have the resources? Would it need more? How would that work? As the Chairperson points out, there is possibly a...

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

Louise O'Reilly: It would be a great pity if something good is happening that could be scaled up and is not being replicated. There is a clear role there. I always like asking this question because it is like copying someone else's homework. Are any countries doing it right and which have a standard that we could aspire to? Significant good work is going on and there is significant goodwill. One can even...

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

Louise O'Reilly: On the underrepresented groups, we touched on one, which is obviously women, but a large range of other groups are not represented. Part of that is to do with the stereotype. It would be remiss of us to sit back and just say there is a bit of a stereotype. Practically speaking, what can be done? We are talking about targeting early years education at areas of disadvantage and targeting...

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

Louise O'Reilly: That is the foundation.

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

Louise O'Reilly: A kind of introduction.

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

Louise O'Reilly: I do not park it as a general rule but for the purpose of the conversation, we can put it to one side.

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

Louise O'Reilly: That is where the institute starts.