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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: The Deputy is scaremongering.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Areas with population growth and housing demand must be prioritised under the new national development plan and budget 2026. Dundalk and Blackrock are ready to grow but are being held back by the outdated wastewater infrastructure. Uisce Éireann has plans to expand the Dundalk treatment plant and transfer load from Blackrock. The groundwork has been done and what is missing is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Apologies have been received from Deputy Eoghan Kenny. Everyone is very welcome to the meeting. I ask those attending remotely to mute their microphones when not contributing in order that we do not pick up any background noise or feedback. As usual, I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are in silent mode or switched off. Members attending remotely are reminded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: I call Deputy Ó Súilleabháin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: I have to suspend the meeting because we have a double vote, which is an unusual thing for a Wednesday afternoon. We will resume when we are back from the vótáíl.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: We return to Senator Tully. She has time for one brief question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: The witnesses are very welcome. It is great to have them here. I have a question for the witnesses from the AMTCE. I am well aware of what they do. I have been in the centre several times. The technology and advancement is dripping off the walls. The ambition that the centre shows inside the walls to look after industry and the centre's students and staff is such that we should visit as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: When you are met at the door by the robotic dog, you realise that you are talking into a different sort of educational environment. I thank Mr. Smith. I have a question for QQI. We are talking about quality assurance and ensuring that the integrity of courses is upheld at all times. During the summer, there was the release of SOLAS exam papers for student apprenticeships that had not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Have those things all been done? Have all the investigations been done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: On behalf of the committee, I thank our witnesses for their time, insight and knowledge. As we all know, there are huge opportunities in this sphere. The ground we have covered today will feed into our final report. We are all very ambitious for apprenticeships. Personally, I am ambitious for the centre. I want to see it thrive and do the best it can. I want to see it being the best it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken in hospitals to improve the awareness among healthcare staff of the needs of visually impaired patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55105/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Apologies have been received from Senator Mike Kennelly. I ask anyone attending remotely to mute their microphones when not contributing in order that we do not pick up any background noise or feedback. As usual, I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are in silent mode or switched off. Members attending remotely are reminded of the constitutional requirement that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: The Senator is putting down the mammies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: I have a few brief questions. I am a daughter of a plumber and a sister of a plumber. Trades are all I ever knew. No one in my house went to college; they went to a trade. I have had to support people whose families were not born in Ireland and the difficulties in them getting the apprenticeships, and we succeeded. I have been living in Louth. My family have been living in Louth for 200...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: It is good to know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: What about yourselves, as the student union?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Great. I thank Mr. O'Mahony. It has been interesting to have the unions here today. We have got some of our recommendations out of them on how we support apprenticeships. They were clear on the minimum wage, the costs of becoming that trainee, the update of the training allowances and the student contribution charge. Those are practical measures to encourage and support more people into...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Services (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the youth diversion programmes in place in County Louth. [54054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (9 Oct 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts of his Department to address the misuse of e-scooters in residential areas. [54053/25]