Seanad debates
Wednesday, 9 October 2002
Education Funding: Motion
The Minister mentioned he has made a particular effort to ensure computing and information technology skills are well developed in second level schools. That is important, but it is also important that the problems in science and higher mathematics are addressed. There has been a fall-off in the intake into universities in both areas which are extraordinarily important for the types of industry we have attracted to the country. The pharmaceutical, biotechnology and light engineering industries are becoming desperately short of skilled personnel. It will be very serious if we have to import people from other countries to address these shortages.
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