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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the legislative conservation of invasive perch in Lough Shindilla under the current Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the subsequent ecological destruction of native Arctic char (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2675/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the continual stocking of invasive rainbow trout into Lough Lene SAC lake (details supplied) given the direct negative impact that invasive freshwater fish have on the ecological quality status of Irish rivers and lakes under the EU Water Framework Directive; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the legislative conservation of invasive roach in Lettercraffroe Lough (details supplied) under the current Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 considering that roach are classed as highly invasive in Ireland under the European Communities (Birds and Natural...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the continual promotion on Ballyquirke Lough SAC lake as an invasive pike and coarse fishery given the direct negative impact that invasive freshwater fish have on the ecological quality status of Irish rivers and lakes under the EU Water Framework Directive; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the legislative conservation of invasive tench in Ballyquirke Lough and the wider Lough Corrib SAC catchment under the current Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the continual promotion of Ross Lake SAC lake as an invasive pike and coarse fishery given the direct negative impact that invasive freshwater fish have on the ecological quality status of Irish rivers and lakes under the EU Water Framework Directive; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would consider starting the process again to contact fishers directly when grants become available as fishers may not see the updates on the website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Horizon Europe consortia linkages between Irish universities and Israeli institutions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 687. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1868 of 17 January 2024, if she will provide the date that she expects the process to select the Local Action Groups (LAGs) to deliver the 2023-2027 LEADER Programme will be completed. [3066/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I ask the Minister to provide details on those 3,000 places and exactly what they relate to. 12 o’clock In addition, have critical skills and immigration visas ever been looked at in terms of trades? I have looked at that and it did not seem to be clear. On the five-year period the Minister mentioned, I was talking specifically about 2022-23, when there was a doubling of people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: As the Minister is aware, this is something I have had a particular interest in. I note the Minister mentions the increase in the number of places from 13,000 to 16,000. Does he think he will have the capacity to deal with that? We know it has been impossible to deal with the capacity up to now. On that, the Minister mentioned how just over 3,300 people are waiting. Can he specifically...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, the figure of 3,000.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work he is doing to ensure that current students and apprentices are retained within Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2287/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: What work is being undertaken by the Department to ensure that current students and apprentices are retained here? I ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. I would love to see the data. That would be fantastic. Did the Minister say 7,000 students took part in the survey?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That is interesting. I am sure the Minister is aware of the story, first broken by The Sunday Times, that over 21,000 Irish citizens have been granted visas to Australia, double the number recorded in the previous year. This will not come as a surprise to any of us because we see it in our friendship groups and neighbourhoods. With the number of people going to Australia, it feel like it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am aware of that statistic. It was the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, who raised it with me. I do not think it is tens of thousands. I stand to be corrected on that. I will have to look it up. The reality is 21,000 young people went to Australia last year, which is a massive increase from the previous year. Obviously there is something amiss here. We are not in the age group...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: There is no housing.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: This is about teasing it out and trying to understand. I was previously Sinn Féin spokesperson on public expenditure and reform. I have never seen a Department that does as many announcements as the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. I welcome announcements if they mean there will be progress for students and things will be better for them....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: When will they be able to borrow?