264 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, in view of the Government’s commitment to encouraging and promoting sciences throughout all aspects of Irish education, his Department has refused to apply for full membership status of the international organisation CERN; if, in view of the possibilities that membership of this organisation has for Irish students studying a range of sciences in this country and the fact that they are unable to obtain summer programme placements because Ireland is not a member of CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland, in which the world’s largest particle physics laboratory is located, he will give a commitment to fully join this organisation as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9651/08]

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264 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, in view of the Government’s commitment to encouraging and promoting sciences throughout all aspects of Irish education, his Department has refused to apply for full membership status of the international organisation CERN; if, in view of the possibilities that membership of this organisation has for Irish students studying a range of sciences in this country and the fact that they are unable to obtain summer programme placements because Ireland is not a member of CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland, in which the world’s largest particle physics laboratory is located, he will give a commitment to fully join this organisation as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9651/08]

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