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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Research and Training (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his efforts to increase the number of graduate entry medicine places; the reason he has not tried to reduce fees as a means to attract more applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45694/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Research and Training (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I would be interested to hear an update on the efforts to increase the number of graduate entry medicine places. Maybe it is my age but more people I know are going into graduate entry medicine than before. What are the efforts to increase the number of such places and the reasons for not reducing the fees to attract more applicants and from more diverse backgrounds?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Will the Minister say when the strategy will be published? Despite being in this role for only a few months, from going around the different universities and speaking to them I think the issue of affordability stems both from the housing crisis and from the issue whereby we are seeing really high-spec accommodation people would never be able to afford. Even if you were working full time,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was such an absence of measures related to purpose-built student accommodation in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45692/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: It was astonishing for most people that student accommodation was not mentioned once in the contributions of the Ministers, Deputy Michael McGrath and Donohoe, on budget day at a time when people and students are struggling as a result of a lack of student accommodation, both purpose built and general, to be availed of. Will the Minister give an update on the issue of student accommodation...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Students protested outside Leinster House just days before the budget because the cost of student accommodation is at an all-time high. When we hear about people paying the likes of €12,000 for student accommodation, we know something has gone terribly wrong. Affordability is the crux of the issue. We are seeing high-end accommodation coming on stream. Students are saying they do...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the one-off cost-of-living measures in budget 2024 associated with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45691/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Students were expecting and hoping to see a permanent reduction in the student contribution charge in the budget last week, rather than a once-off measure. Students I have spoken to in the past week are really disappointed about it. Will the Minister explain why there was temporary reduction in the charge rather than a permanent one, with a view to abolishing it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister mentioned the financial crash. In 2008, when the registration fee was first increased by a significant amount - by 67%, as I recall - I had just started college. Students came together to protest outside Leinster House, in Galway and all over the country. They knew that fee was simply the start of what was to come and, indeed, it has increased massively since then. It...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: One thing we definitely can agree on is the need to make education as accessible as possible. We know many people do not realise what is available to them and we must ensure they are made aware. This is really about the type of vision the Minister has for third level education. I think he probably does have such a vision. It was a disappointment that the reduction in the charge is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Coláistí Samhraidh (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon mhaoiniú breise ar fáil i mBuiséad 2024 do mhná tí na gColáistí Samhraidh Gaeltachta chun dul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim ina bhfuil 30% díobh éirithe as ó 2018; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45644/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard í an fhaisnéis is déanaí maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his efforts to increase the number of graduate dentists into the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45693/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (19 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é suim an deontais reáchtála a ceadaíodh do gach comharchumann agus gach comhlacht pobalbhunaithe Gaeltachta sa bhliain 2023; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45969/23]

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Right at this moment, we are witnessing the genocide of the people of Gaza after years of witnessing their destruction and the pain inflicted upon them by an apartheid regime while the world sat back and watched it happen. We are told, and I have heard a few times in this Chamber, that even wars have rules. It cannot be the case that the breaking of those rules is okay for some countries....

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The delay we are seeing at our driving test centres is as much tied up with the housing crisis as other things. Unfortunately, Galway is an excellent example of this. I have pointed out countless times in this Chamber that there are no affordable rental properties for those accessing the housing assistance payment in Galway, which means that people whose lives are based in the city are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for not addressing the cost of graduate entry medicine fees as a means for increasing the number of qualified medicine graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45383/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus lenár n-aíonna as teacht os comhair an chomhchoiste seo. It has been powerful for us to hear the witnesses' views and experiences in the context of the proposed Bill. Ms Lewis mentioned the designated support service. What form should that take? Obviously, we have heard loud and clear during the meeting that that kind of support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Ms McDonnell Byrne mentioned that some people have not been able to tell their children or spouses about their past. Is there anything in the proposed Bill that would assist people in that regard or is there something we as a Oireachtas or a committee could put into the Bill to assist people in dealing with the shame she said people still feel?