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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Okay. No bother.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the witnesses for coming here today and for the wide-ranging discussion we have had. We had a large panel and it can be difficult to facilitate everybody. We had to curtail proceedings because another committee meeting is scheduled directly after this and we have allow time for the cleansing of the room. I also thank members for their contributions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a centre (details supplied) in County Wexford for a section 39 grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting because they interfere with the broadcasting equipment even in silent mode. We are meeting the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Simon Harris. I welcome him and his officials. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the motion that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: As a person from the south east, I know the importance of this. It was very much part of the programme for Government when I sat at the Cabinet table in 2011. We thought we would reach this point before now but there have been many false dawns in recent years. The establishment of the technological university is very welcome. The fact it will be established on May Day sends a strong...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I think your first protest was more successful than your second, Deputy. I wish to pick up on something the Minister said. There has been cross-party work on this over recent years. Being a Deputy from the south east, I was amazed by the cross-party work on this specific issue by all political parties. Nobody played politics with it, at least not until the election of some new Members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I did not see Senator Flynn indicating earlier, and I apologise for not letting her in sooner. I thank the Minister and his officials for attending today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following motion: That Dáil Éireann approves the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022. In accordance...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: No apologies have been received. I remind members and officials to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent mode. The meeting has been convened to consider the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Something similar can be brought up on Report Stage, but not this matter specifically.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Amendments Nos. 2, 4 and 94 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Amendments Nos. 3, 9, 123 and 124 are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 124 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 123.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Does Deputy Ó Ríordáin wish to come in here?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Does Deputy Ó Cathasaigh wish to withdraw amendment No. 3 or proceed?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I propose the select committee reconvene at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 31 March to continue its Committee Stage consideration of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed outline of the reasons a club (details supplied) were unsuccessful in their application for sports capital funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Teaching Council will implement the lifting of the five day rule for payment of student teachers order to accommodate student teachers in receiving full pay if they are covering absences in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15116/22]

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: The Tánaiste will be aware that fuel costs have skyrocketed over the past number of weeks. He will also be aware of the major financial challenges for hauliers, the road transport sector and, in the context of agricultural diesel, farmers, albeit this morning the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, announced an incentive of €400 per ha for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of companies and employers that registered and took part in the Jobs in Ireland 2022 event which her Department organised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14572/22]