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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on increasing the throughput of craft apprentices through the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40589/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: In order to deal with the issues we have been outlining over the last hour and a half - I refer to the housing crisis and student accommodation - we need to make sure there is a strong throughput of craft apprentices, especially for the future of young people who want to stay here, contribute to this society and help to solve that crisis. Will the Minister provide an update on what he is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I want to thank an Teachta Cian O'Callaghan for tabling this question. It is something we have seen over the last number of weeks and days. Students have been coming together and clearly protesting any increases in the cost of student accommodation. This is not only for themselves, but they are showing solidarity for others and solidarity for the future. That is really powerful and strong...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Both of us speak to students regularly and we hear their concerns. So many students are telling me that they are either doing huge and long commutes trying to get into college, if they can, and that this is causing them huge stress. We saw that young woman on "The Tonight Show" this week who was explaining how she was travelling a long distance and the impact that was having with getting up...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans he has for the proposals outlined in his Department’s recently published options paper, Funding the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40587/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister recently published the options paper, Funding the Future. Will he outline what proposals his Department is considering enacting from the range of options presented in that paper and what he might be considering as part of budget 2024? If he wants to give us a detailed outline, that would be no problem.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: We have been discussing the considerable burden of the cost of accommodation on students and the very real impact that has on students' ability to access third level education. Students who are going into sixth year now are considering what they will do, going forward, and wondering if they will be able to access third level education. Another thing that needs to be talked about is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress to expand the current offering of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40586/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: In recent days and weeks, we have seen many young people starting college or starting their second, third and fourth year. It is a time that should be so exciting for young people but it is clouded by the housing crisis and the very real impact it has on students. I ask the Minister to give an update on what he is doing to expand the current offering of student accommodation.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The reality is that the cost of student accommodation is totally beyond the reach of many families. The issue here is that this is locking more young people out of access to third level education. We see that and hear it from our students' unions consistently. We also hear it when we are speaking to students. Yesterday, I was in UCD and I was told by one student that he is commuting from...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister and I can agree on that; of course we need to increase supply. That is the only real way we will solve the housing crisis that is impacting on so many different people. I take the Minister's point that he is working on this matter but the reality is that it is still costing people thousands of euro. That is not realistic. I know the Minister is interested in access to higher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what his plans are in relation to including graduate entry medicine within the free fees initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40588/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering any one-off cost-of-living measures for higher education, similar to last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans, if any, he has in relation to changes to the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (21 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing North-South mobility in third-level education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40590/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Dental Services (20 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1601 of 11 September 2023, if, given that the Minister for Health has confirmed that under company law issues relating to the refunding of fees are the responsibility of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, his Department is aware of the approximately 200 patients in Galway that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what grants are available for primary schools for IT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1085. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of apprentices waiting for off-the-job training at level 2, 4 and 6, disaggregated by craft apprenticeship type, in tabular form;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40431/23]