435 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that children from low income families are less likely to choose home economics as a school subject; her plans to promote the advantages that home economics as a subject can have for a person’s health and to modernise the subject by making it a core subject for the junior certificate; if she will provide funding for materials that are used in compulsory work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26346/07]

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435 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that children from low income families are less likely to choose home economics as a school subject; her plans to promote the advantages that home economics as a subject can have for a person’s health and to modernise the subject by making it a core subject for the junior certificate; if she will provide funding for materials that are used in compulsory work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26346/07]

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