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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: How would Mr. McSherry encourage such a change in that mindset?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: We do here, too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: Members of the committee are probably more used to Deputy Marc MacSharry giving out about foremen. I am sure Mr. McSherry is aware of his namesake.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: As regards Mr. English's experience, the World Skills Competition has been an enormous success. In the context of the competition, but also more generally, how can more young people be encouraged into apprenticeships? I know Senator Pauline O'Reilly raised some of the issues relating to MTU.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank our guests for their responses. It might be useful to write to the Minister, Deputy Harris, and, in particular, the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, to follow up on some of the recommendations that have been made. I refer to the idea of getting young apprentices such as those who are with us today to go to primary schools and speak to students. Ms Yeates made the point that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister and acknowledge the leadership he provided on the development of the technological universities and also in getting the funding debate really out there. Even though we may have some disagreements around some of the priorities, the fact that it is back centre stage is important. I have a very specific question I will ask the Minister before moving on to other points....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I appreciate that. An issue that has been raised here with us on a number of occasions is that the funding model differs between what we might call the traditional universities and the technological universities. I do not know if the Minister can give us a commitment in terms of ensuring that in the funding model going forward, all of the higher education institutions will be placed on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: How quickly? Can the Minister give an indication on timeframe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: The Minister is right that there are a number of costs and levers some of which are not entirely within the control of his Department. Arguably the biggest cost for students is accommodation. It is far greater than fees or anything else. I realise this is an issue between the Minister's Department and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. What measures can be put in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: The Minister referred to part-time student funding. I know he has an interest in this issue. Unfortunately, many students cannot access this funding. With the rapid pace of technological change, however, we will all be required to upskill and reskill and most of those who are in employment will have to do so on a part-time basis. There are very good initiatives such as Springboard+ but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I join my colleague, Senator O'Loughlin, in calling for a debate on the World Meteorological Organization's annual report on the state of the climate. Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to read elements of the report. In many ways, it does not tell us anything new other than clearly emphasising the seriousness of the threats we continue to face. It is important that in these Houses...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I am open to all opportunities.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I am perfectly open to all energy opportunities, including hydrogen and fusion. Let us explore whatever is coming down the line, but it should be an open debate. One of those coastal communities I will mention is Courtown-Riverchapel. I pay tribute to the local Riverchapel Community Complex group. It has worked very hard, its chair Mr. Craig Lang in particular, and in the context of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (18 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: One of the big successes in Irish society has been the rapid expansion of higher education in recent decades. It has gone from where we had one in five of those aged between 18 and 28 in 1980 going on to higher education to now having more than three in five, with many others going into apprenticeships and further education and training. It has become much more accessible. Even in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (18 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I appreciate that it is not his portfolio, but the commitment is welcome. It is notable that, as he said, the €307 million the Minister has referred to is about addressing current challenges around core funding, rather than dealing with future challenges. That is why it is essential that if the additional places in further and higher...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: I will raise three issues. I welcome the three-year strategy on research and development announced this morning by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris. It is a comprehensive document. It places greater emphasis on interdisciplinarity in research and refers to how we need to learn from the experience of Covid-19. The Minister is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: The Acting Leader will be aware that today is International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. We have made enormous progress in tackling homophobia. It was particularly welcome to hear overnight of Blackpool's Jake Daniels becoming the first professional football player in England to come out in 32 years. It was a very brave move, given the context. He is a young man who...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: Is the Senator referring to the Green Party or to the barracks?