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Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (3 Jul 2025)

Maria Byrne: .... Senator Tom Clonan - The need for the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure the training experiences of graduates of the new professional doctorate in educational psychology commencing in NUI Maynooth in September 2025 will qualify graduates to work flexibly across the services and settings where they are so acutely needed. Senator Chris Andrews - The need for the Minister for...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: ...point I made in the Dáil, which is that it is quite impractical in rural areas, whether in my own county of Clare or any other rural county, for people to have to ask mom or dad if they will travel to NUI Galway with them and then sit in the car until they have to go home again. Subsequent to my speech in the Dáil, a guy emailed me. He is in his 30s and comes from Dublin but...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

John Connolly: ...fundamental bedrock for future economic development. I am from a city that fortunately has an abundance of third level institutions. They include the University of Galway, previously known as NUI Galway and, before that, UCG, Atlantic Technological University, ATU, and a growing number of institutions advertising and promoting the opportunity for students to take part in post-leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: ...not deemed as public bodies under the aegis of my Department: GDA Grangegorman Development Agency. RIA Royal Irish Academy. DCU Dublin City University. MIC Mary Immaculate College. MU Maynooth University. NUI National University of Ireland. UG University of Galway. RIA Royal Irish Academy. TCD Trinity College Dublin. UCC University College Cork. UCD University College...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (5 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Laura Harmon: ...elections. It can be done through embassies and consulates abroad. It is, therefore, possible. Some Senators in this House have also been supported by our citizens abroad. We are unique in the NUI and Trinity College Dublin panels that some have this ability. If it can be done in this case, perhaps it can be done elsewhere too. One way of valuing our citizens abroad is to look at...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...project is about promoting Irish in 5 Gaeltacht Post-Primary Schools in Co Mayo by providing transition year students with recognised qualifications (QQI) courses (through Irish to enhance their Irish language proficiency) and providing them with immersive Irish language tours. A three-year contract for the school years 2024-2027 has been agreed with the above for the sum of...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2025)

Cormac Devlin: ...winter storms to hit Ireland since oíche na gaoithe móire, the night of the big wind, in 1839, which itself was reported at the time to be the worst storm in 300 years. It has been noted by Professor John Sweeney of NUI Maynooth that the night of the big wind is considered to be the worst scenario for insurance purposes here in Ireland. While instruments were relatively...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: ...by the Minister for further and higher education, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan. We are seeing new pathways into medicine, particularly at undergraduate level, with a focus on rural GP care being led out of NUI Galway. This is fantastic but I think we have to go one step further. Maybe that is a controversial view. It is probably too late to happen in this Dáil but certainly when the...

Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: ..., Deputy Mitchell spoke on the expansion of the franchise to more voters and to qualifications beyond bachelor degree level. At present there are about 177,000 people on the registers for the NUI and Trinity College constituencies. The census data from 2022 indicates that over 900,000 Irish citizens living in Ireland had completed an ordinary bachelor degree or higher degree. Not all of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (22 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: ..., and in previous ones, is an ongoing commitment to pathways into teaching for those who might need additional supports when it comes to choosing teaching as a career. This is achieved through programmes in DCU, NUI Maynooth or through the migrant teacher bridging programme, which is a successful one. As regards therapy supports, six special schools have been announced, of which four...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024) See 9 other results from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: .... I do not rule amendments out of order. The Senators know it is not down to me and I have no input into that. If we look at the current position, there are 177,000 people on the registers for the NUI and Trinity constituencies. The census data from 2022 indicates there are over 900,000 Irish citizens living in Ireland who have completed an ordinary bachelor's degree or higher. While...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: ...that, but it is certainly something worthy of consideration. I welcome that it will streamline much of the process when it comes to the management of this election because one of the difficulties for the NUI and Trinity has been maintaining the databases of electors. It has always been my view that if people are graduates they should opt in and request their ballot because it will reduce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Dialogue on Women in Agriculture: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...was one of the first of its kind in Ireland. My secretary, the Independent councillor to whom the witnesses were speaking before the meeting, Councillor Geraldine O’Donoghue, who is herself an NUI graduate in rural science and development, has engaged with the seminars and tells me of the enormous benefits she has taken from them. That is fantastic. People, especially women,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seanad Elections (2 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...constituency, to elect the Seanad’s six University members. It is proposed that this constituency will replace the two existing three-seat constituencies: the National University of Ireland (NUI) constituency and the Dublin University constituency. The Bill proposes that the eligibility criteria for being an elector of the Higher Education constituency would be as follows: a person...

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...but billions. An Oireachtas committee as far back as 2022 said that at the very least people should be individually assessed and the whole family means should not be taken into account. The NUI Maynooth report commissioned by Family Carers Ireland asked for its abolition and Family Carers Ireland called for it to be abolished in June. This is the most basic thing. I do not know why a...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Michael McDowell: I want to mention the NUI graduates-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...to this criteria. The details of how to apply for this exemption are available on the CAO website: www.cao.ie/?page=exemptions&bb=studentresources Further information is also available on the NUI website: www.nui.ie/college/entry-requirements.asp Matriculation requirements (or minimum entry requirements) are intended to set the minimum level of prior academic achievement, which a...