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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2021

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Questions (247)

Gary Gannon

Question:

247. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the working groups her Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [61104/21]

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Written answers

I attach a table with details requested by the Deputy of working groups established by my Department on which there is an industry representative.

Name

Industry Representatives

Selection process

Consultative Group - New Digital Strategy for Schools

Una Fitzpatrick (IBEC)

Relevant stakeholders, who were involved in the development of a previous strategy were contacted and asked to nominate a representative.

STEM Education Policy Statement Implementation Advisory Group

Claire McGee (IBEC)

Representative nominated by IBEC

Business and Industry STEM Education sub-group

Claire McGee (IBEC)

Aisling O’Donoghue (American Chamber of Commerce)

Representatives nominated by the organisations

Foreign Languages Advisory Group

Sylvia Gaudino (IBEC)

Representative nominated by IBEC

Leaving Certificate Computer Science

Claire Conneely (IBEC)

Representative nominated by IBEC

P-TECH Pilot Project Steering Committee and working groups

Representatives from:

IBM;

Irish Life;

Virgin Media;

Irish Water; and

Cisco

IBM are the Industry Lead on P-TECH and co-ordinate the industry partner engagement with the project

Leaving Certificate Computer Science Framework Group

Melanie Nethercott (IBEC)

Selection process for the framework group was managed by the Leaving Certificate Computer Science (LCCS) Steering Group which is a Department steering group

Technical Working Group for the Review of the School Transport Scheme

Miriam Flynn (Bus Éireann)

Relevant nominees in fields of expertise relevant to the review were contacted and invited to join the group.

Steering Group for the Review of the School Transport Scheme

Stephen Kent (Bus Éireann)

Relevant nominees in fields of expertise relevant to the review were contacted and invited to join the group.

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