Fine Gael Innovation & Research Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD has challenged Enterprise Minister Batt O’Keeffe TD to ‘ramp up’ the Government’s initiatives to tackle graduate unemployment. Minister O’Keeffe claims the Government has been pro-active in addressing the growing problem of graduate unemployment – but the reality is totally different. The Government has a target of [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Fine Gael Frontbench Spokesperson on Innovation and Research, Deirdre Clune TD, has called for a complete overhaul of Ireland’s bankruptcy laws to promote greater entrepreneurial activity, saying the Government’s latest intervention in the area is underwhelming. Ireland needs to develop an entirely new system of bankruptcy laws more in line with our European neighbours if [...]

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A Smart Economy will not be achieved unless the crisis in maths and science education is addressed by Government action.

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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

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“We need a more efficient, reliable and economical broadband service throughout the entire country that will attract new businesses as well as opening up many towns and villages to new employment opportunities.

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Since my appointment as Fine Gael spokesperson on Innovation and Research, and for a long time before that, I have been continuously calling on the government to put their energies into innovative ways to create jobs. They continue to ignore these calls and our unemployment rate continues to increase.

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A massive €1 billion has been cut from higher education investment and this could have a hugely negative affect on Ireland’s university level Research and Development capacity.

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