Fine Gael TD Andrew Doyle compliments all the 28 Wicklow projects that entered the young scientist awards and applauds both the schools and young students for their inspiration and creativity.
Deputy Doyle comments “After visiting the RDS to see our youth showcase their talented projects demonstrated and displayed, it was just simply breath taking. Wicklow’s young students have proven once again that the ability in developing ground breaking and innovative projects is a testament to both their endeavour, research and school participation involvement”
The 50th competition has been the biggest to date with 2,000 ideas submitted by 4,418 students from across 32 counties. 50 per cent of secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland have entered a project for the milestone year. Visitor numbers increased for the exhibitions, live shows and interactive education exhibits this year
Andrew Doyle TD emphasised “A half century in existence after been set up in 1963 , the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition underpins the importance of our commitment to investment in youth, research and innovation and the contribution to our economy that these individual elements make cannot be undervalued”
“The level of innovation by Wicklow’s young scientist is staggering with projects ranging from skin type and mole identification skills among teenagers, the investigation of grass growth using chemical and organic fertilizers through to research into how can sea water be used to grow tomato plants and the comparison between growing plants with fresh water, the development of an automatic automotive speed limiter for the safety of the public and gender detection of eggs before incubation. There was innovative research into how can one recognise when diabetes is at your door and how to prevent it .They are just a selection of some of the Wicklow projects highlighting the breath of talent in our young County Wicklow scientists.”
“We must again pay tribute to the students, parents, teachers and organisers as a great celebration of creative and innovative thinking and talent that exists amongst Wicklow’s youth. It simply stresses the importance in cultivating and nurturing the counties talent of our future scientists and engineers and making sure we have the foundation of educational infrastructure and supports and a streamlined methodology of capitalising on these great projects” added Deputy Doyle