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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I know I said to Deputy Clarke that she was before Deputy O'Sullivan. I hope Deputy O'Sullivan does not mind. My apologies if anything has been picked up wrongly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: It is ladies first. Deputy O'Sullivan will speak after that and then Deputy Nolan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Deputy and the Minister. I now call Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, to be followed by Deputy Nolan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I thought the Deputy was going to ask about the ministerial suite over in the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I have a small number of questions. Deputy O'Sullivan raised the issue of mental health supports and the recent announcement of the €5 million in supports for students in third level education. Will the Minister comment on that? Will that just sustain the current level of service there or will it increase? He mentioned employing additional counsellors for third level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: Following on from that, I refer to the suicide prevention programme to be fully implemented within tertiary education. Has the Minister any service level agreement with the HSE or the Department of Health regarding the suicide prevention programmes within third level education? There is a responsibility upon the HSE and the Department in this country and unless the Minister has some sort of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: Last year, we had an evidence-based session from representative of both the active consent and the bystander intervention programme. There are different challenges for a huge number of students out there but some of the research carried out by the active consent programme in the University of Galway and the Union of Students in Ireland in 2020 has found that 42% of women in the first year of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister for the reply. Any form of funding going in is very welcome. There are a lot of students who leave sixth class at 17 or 18 years of age and go straight into third level education, whether they go to Limerick, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Maynooth or wherever that student chooses. It is predominantly female students affected by this. It is happening on the nights out rather...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming. There is a potential for 22 votes this evening in the Dáil, so we could be there for a few hours. I am not sure whether this is the start of the voting block. It is no use for me to say I will come back in an hour.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Appeals Commission (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a VRT appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2530/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the amendment on further clarification to the 2023 concrete levy to exclude the value of pouring concrete used in precast products from the scope of the levy was introduced on 1 January 2024; whether a refund scheme has been opened for the interim period to the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the disability allowance means review for a person (details supplied), and when she could expect the payment to increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 672. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of fertility treatment; what is the waiting time for an appointment; how many people are on the waiting list for an appointment; whether the regional hubs are operational; whether any IVF treatments have been performed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3059/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (18 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all refugee children have the same access to additional services in the education system as Irish citizens, that is, NEPS, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2281/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail in tabular form the number of applications and hectares of FT12 submitted to his Department; the number of applications and hectares of FT12 applications approved by his Department; the number of applications and area of FT12 applications still on hand in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2302/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (18 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all refugee children have the same access to State services as children who are Irish citizens, that is NEPS, CAMHS, dental services, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2292/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Equality Issues (18 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if all refugee children have the same access to health services as children who are Irish citizens, that is CAMHS, dental services and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2291/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I wish Mr. Gorman all the best as president, and Ms Alice Doyle, my constituent, as vice-president of the organisation. Mr. Gorman will not always get plaudits like this when he appears before a committee. He will probably be shouting and roaring at us, but that is the way it goes. On his first committee outing, I wish him the best of luck. I say that genuinely. I am interested in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: On forestry, I agree that farmers have totally lost confidence in planting and everything like that. That confidence has been totally eroded. I know how it can be restored and, if we are to reach our targets, we need farmers onside. They are the people on the ground who will help and assist the Government and the State in reaching our targets. What are the pertinent questions the IFA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I have just one further question. It has to do with the industry but it is a bit outside the remit of what we are discussing. I ask Mr. Gorman for a very quick reply. He has been through elections and everything like that. When he was going around the country doing his meetings, was forestry a big issue? I am not asking about this specific issue but forestry in general. Was it being...