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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: ...Faye Maniti, president of the Irish Second-Level Students' Union, ISSU; Ms Beth O'Reilly, Union of Students in Ireland, USI; and Mr. David Duffy, education and research officer with the Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI. The witnesses are here to discuss the future of STEM subjects in Irish education. Mr. Jones of the IFUT is also representing SIPTU, which was invited. Fórsa was also...

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

Mr. David Duffy: On behalf of the TUI, I thank the committee for the opportunity to make this submission on the topic of STEM education. Ireland rightly recognises the work of peacemakers like Hume, writers like Casey and Wilde, poets like Yeats, artists like Le Brocquy and musicians like U2. However, how many of us speak of Nobel laureates like William Campbell or Ernest Walton? How...