Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

She is not. I draw the Senator's attention to the fact that Professor Brendan Tangney and the then Minister spoke at the launch and it has been a school subject since September of this year. The Senator should not come in and say that nothing is happening. That is what causes people to get annoyed with politicians. Credit should be given to the former Minister for Education, Deputy Bruton, for starting the digital revolution. Let us get the facts right. That is a subject in schools and computer education has been part of our school curriculum for a while. The former Minister of State in the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Cannon, set up the CoderDojo programme. I would happy to arrange for the Minister for Education and Skills to come into the House to explain to the Senator what is happening in the science area, including in computer science, in our schools.

Senator Mulherin raised the issue of small beef farmers and I would happy to arrange a debate on beef production in the coming weeks.

I share with Senator Warfield's frustration and annoyance regarding the failure to commence sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act. The delay in do so has been too long. I concur fully with him on that. It needs to be enacted quickly. The Senator will find no harbour for delaying doing that on this side of House.It is unacceptable.

Senator Reilly raised the issue of greenways around Fingal and spoke about the need to invite the Minister to the House. I would be happy to have that debate take place.

Senator Gallagher raised the issue of bullying. Addressing that is an important part of our school policy. The former Ministers, Ruairí Quinn and Deputy Richard Bruton, continued the rolling out of the anti-bullying curriculum. It is an issue on which we need to see further work done. The Senator is right to highlight the issue of cyberbullying also.