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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: This is absolutely vital work that needs to be done. We constantly talk about how we have to move beyond reasonable accommodations and in the context of universal design, facilitate all sorts of people. It is fair to say that major work has been done in new pathways and route maps for people as regards education. I visited the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence yesterday...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (23 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Mairead Farrell: I concur with Deputy Stanton. This is a really important issue that has been raised previously. As the Deputy stated, it is an issue not just for those in the south of the country but also for everyone. There has been a 25% increase in the number of patients in the public system, and we are breaking at the seams in respect of the number of dentists there are versus the number we need....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

Further and Higher Education

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (23 May 2024) See 13 other results from this debate

Patrick O'Donovan: I am sorry to disappoint the Deputy-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Patrick O'Donovan: Fostering inclusion is a core pillar of future of further education: transforming learning, the national further education and training strategy 2020-24. It identifies the needs of people with disabilities as a primary focus, acknowledging the need for more consistent support for this group. Widening participation is also a national target under the strategic performance agreements for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Patrick O'Donovan: It is important to point out as well that there was a devolved grant scheme, which was administered by SOLAS but came from the Department, of just over €8 million from which the Cavan and Monaghan ETB benefited to the tune of under €500,000. It is small money in the overall context, but it is certainly an awful lot of money when you are looking for it. It is a lot of money in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (23 May 2024)

Artificial Intelligence

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (23 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Patrick O'Donovan: I am sure Deputy Boyd Barrett would accept that we are on the one page on this issue. I never thought I would be on the same page as People Before Profit on anything but I imagine that the Deputy would subscribe to the idea that where resources are limited and finite, they should be targeted toward the people who need them most. Thus, it is on a means-based, targeted system, which is what...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (23 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy will be aware, the rent-a-room scheme is under the remit of the Minister for Finance, my colleague Deputy McGrath. However, I acknowledge that my Department and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are the main users of the scheme. Therefore, I am very conscious of the need to safeguard our students in digs accommodations, which are typically more informal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (23 May 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Patrick O'Donovan: Strong demand for craft apprenticeships, which is a good thing, reflecting a very buoyant construction sector, has resulted in a 25% increase in craft apprenticeship registrations since 2019. My Department is overseeing the implementation of a plan put in place by the National Apprenticeship Office which has, to date, nearly halved the number of craft apprentices waiting more than six...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (23 May 2024)

Student Visas

Prelude (23 May 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (23 May 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (23 May 2024)

Student Accommodation

Housing Situation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2024)

Message from Select Committee (22 May 2024)

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Systems Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2024) See 109 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: I expect to have the legal advice by the time the Bill goes to the Seanad. On a second point, it is not just the UK. There was a similar increase in the take-up of occupational pensions in New Zealand and Australia. I expect that will be the case here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2024) See 16 other results from this debate

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Taoiseach for that response. A little over seven minutes are left. There are three Deputies here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Policy (22 May 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Mick Barry: The European far right rallied in Madrid last Sunday, where they were addressed by Argentina's President Javier Milei who described climate change as a socialist lie. Of course, it does not take far-right leaders to jet in from other continents to come out with this kind of nonsense. The European far right is well capable of putting it forward itself. Alternative für Deutschland is...