Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of all the committee members, I want to say to our witnesses that they are impressive young people. They are a credit to their parents, teachers and schools. They should all be very proud. Primary school teaching is a great career to go into. My daughters want to do the same.

Whether that is because of the holidays or not, I do not know. I hope none of the witnesses were on holidays from which they had to come back for the Oireachtas committee hearing. When I saw that Mr. Meade and Mr. O’Sullivan were from County Limerick, I was surprised they had come to Dublin after Limerick's poor performance over the weekend. I congratulate Ms Kelleher; Cork had a brilliant win. I will not comment on how set they are for the All-Ireland final.

I thank the witnesses. They should be very proud of their achievements. I know that everybody, from their teachers and parents to their schools, is very proud of their achievements. Winning the BT Young Scientist award is no mean feat. It is a huge achievement and they should be very proud of themselves, and I know I speak on behalf of all the meeting participants in that regard.

We will now adjourn until we meet in private session at 12 noon on Tuesday, 24 September 2024, when we will talk about school holidays. I hope an election will not be called between now and 24 September. I thank members for their input to the committee over this session since January of this year. I hope everyone will have a lovely summer.