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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis an Aire. Gabhaim buíochas léi as teacht os comhair an choiste seo. I appreciate that the Minister has come before the committee to discuss these Estimates. It is really important that Ministers make themselves available. I want to talk about STEM funding. A significant number of people contacted me about this matter. School...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I have already written to the Minister directly in respect of it. This is more about the fact that no DEIS school in Galway received funding. I also understand the way these processes can work, but I think the frustration came from that. I quoted one school principal, but a number of others contacted me about the situation relating to DEIS schools in Galway. These are very practical...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I would expect nothing less. We can discuss the matter further. It is a concern that I have at the moment. I want to raise again with the Minister the lack of a secondary school on Inishbofin. From speaking to young families in particular on Inishbofin who want to continue living on the island, I have learned that the lack of a secondary school is a problem. It also makes it very...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: It works well.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister. That would be great

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand the first opening slot is for Fianna Fáil, so I am happy for Deputy O'Sullivan to start if he wants. I cannot wait to hear his questions.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: As I am limited on time, I will take that note. What exactly do the buildings relate to?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fine. It is interesting to hear about the National Maritime College, which is a fantastic college. My question stems from the previous question from Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. Last week, we had a conversation with the Minister, Deputy Harris, in regard to technological universities and what their accommodation situation looks like going forward. I am glad that that the Minister of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: It is through the CSO and Eurostat, is it not?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: On that, was it not the case that many universities could already access borrowing from the European Investment Bank, before this was announced with big fanfare?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am not taking this out on the Minister of State. I do have another question, which relates to subhead B15, which Teachta Ó Cathasaigh also mentioned. It is on various grants projects and, particularly, the capital grants for the universities. When I look at these from year to year, there seems to be new names for capital grants. I therefore wonder if they are the existing grants...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes. When I was looking at the capital grants, I saw how from year to year there seems to be new names for the different grants. What I have seen from the Minister were things that I feel have been re-announced year on year. Are these completely new capital grants that are meant for something totally different, or have they been renamed so that they can be re-announced? That is basically...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am wondering if these are all totally new things that have not been in place before.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Is it particularly for the capital grants for universities? From what I understand, in the capital grants there are new names, but I am just wondering if they are new. I am happy to table a parliamentary question on that. I do find that it can be very difficult. An announcement can be made and it can be an extremely difficult process to find out if it is fully new, or if it is not fully...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to his forthcoming new Student Accommodation Strategy, if is he proposing the use of public private partnerships for the delivery of student accommodation by the technological universities; given the past criticism of PPPs from a value for money perspective, if his Department conducted a risk analysis; and if he will make a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister of State for being so readily available to come before the committee. I know that any time we have asked the Minister of State, he is willing and able to come in front of the committee. However, it is regrettable the senior Minister is not here. I have not seen before on Revised Estimates that the Minister is not available to answer in regard to his Department. I have...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Would the Minister of State not say that many of the universities are highly leveraged already?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Student Accommodation (30 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, year and the initial value of investments made in student accommodation related projects/funds/joint ventures since the Irish Strategic Investment Fund’s inception, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3768/24]