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Fine Gael Innovation Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD has called on Education Minister Mary Coughlan TD to address Ireland’s underperforming standards in maths education. In the last few weeks Ireland’s underperformance in the maths education has been highlighted by two reports, one international and one from the Department of Education. The findings of the international PISA [...]
Fri17Dec2010
Cork Fine Gael TD Deirdre Clune has highlighted that more than two months into the college year of 5,926 applications in Cork for Higher Education Grants only 713 have been awarded. A further 1,837 of these applications have yet to be even processed. This information was released to Fine Gael this week from the Department [...]
Fri26Nov2010
Click here for my view of the Government’s record on providing ICT & High Speed Broadband to schools. Click here to view the full video clip of my Question to the Minister for Education regarding the Broadband & ICT in schools and the reply from Minister of State Mary White TD. My Priority Parliamentary Question [...]
Thu11Nov2010
With Science Week currently underway, Fine Gael Innovation & Research Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD has raised the Government’s failure to invest in information and communication technology (ICT) and provide high speed broadband to Irish schools. The Government’s record on improving the quality of ICT and broadband to schools has been nothing short of abysmal. Just [...]
Thu11Nov2010
Click here to view the video clip of my questions to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation Batt O’Keeffe TD about the Government’s lack of action on Graduate Unemployment. I took the opportunity to outline to the Minister to crisis in Graduate Unemployment which has been estimated by the Union of Student’s in Ireland [...]
Fri15Oct2010
Click here to view the video clip of my Question to the Minister for Education regarding the Introduction of Bonus Points for Leaving Cert Maths and the reply from Minister of State Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Science, Technology & Innovation. My Priority Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Education & Skills was: To ask [...]
Mon4Oct2010
Fine Gael Innovation & Research Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD has warned that the Government is squandering a vital opportunity to capitalise on the high uptake of maths and science subjects in the Junior Cert. These results offer signs of hope for the future, but only if the Government seizes the potential now. Over 88% of [...]
Wed15Sep2010
A Smart Economy will not be achieved unless the crisis in maths and science education is addressed by Government action.
Wed18Aug2010
Despite the advice of Expert Groups and Professional Bodies and the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce Report the Government is turning a deaf ear to the calls for reform and a blind eye to the crisis in maths
Tue17Aug2010
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