Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader invite the Minister for Education and Science to the House to discuss the crisis of science in education? There are crises in many areas of education, with regard to buildings for example, but that pertaining to science is of the most immediate importance. The Minister has introduced a new curriculum at second level but the Irish Science Teachers Association has complained that teachers do not even have the facilities to implement it. They do not have the necessary equipment in laboratories, which is serious.