Results 3,201-3,220 of 5,157 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Wastewater Treatment (25 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 299. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered ring-fenced funding for wastewater treatment plants for offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25467/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total annual student contribution charge to each consortia-led apprenticeship for each phase, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25722/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total estimated yearly cost to the Exchequer of abolishing apprenticeship student contribution charges, broken down by consortia-led and craft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25724/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (30 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of further reducing third-level student contribution charges to €1,000 in 2023-2024, and subsequently to abolish these fees in 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (31 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to install public wastewater treatment plants in the villages of Corofin and Abbeyknockmoy in County Galway to enable the delivery of new housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (31 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to SI (No. 94 of 2023) and the issue of postgraduate funding, there is any derogation from the rules whereby, for example, someone may have had their fees paid for one year through a scholarship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26619/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further outline hisplans to expand SUSI eligibility to part-time students, as has been reported in the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26711/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work his Department is carrying out to address precarious work conditions for PhD researchers and early year academics; if he has engaged with some of the representative groups in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26710/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the list of courses that are taught through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26712/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in relation to student fees, and how reductions could be used to ease the cost-of-living for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person whose spouse has died is eligible to apply for Irish citizenship through marriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans in relation to expanding the teaching of university courses through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25329/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is committed to ensuring that an interdepartmental committee meets every three months to review projects and targets included as part of the Our Living Islands policy, and that there will be representatives from the islands on the committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28310/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: This is relates to the subcommittee. I understand that a question has already been asked about it but I ask the Minister to detail that initially.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá cúpla ceist agam i dtéarmaí cén bhealach a n-oibreoidh sé go díreach. Cén uair a bheas an fochoiste ag casadh ar a chéile? Sin í an chéad cheist. Cén bhealach a n-oibreoidh sé leis na hionadaithe ó na hoileáin? An mbeidh toghchán ann nó an mbeidh daoine ainmnithe? Cé mhéad ionadaithe ó...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá cúpla rud maith ansin. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach go mbeadh ionadaithe ón bpobal agus ó na hoileáin air mar tuigeann siad cén bhealach atá sé a bheith i do chónaí ar oileán chuile lá beo. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil easpa infreastruchtúir cuí ar na hoileáin, ach go háirithe na...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend Deputy Paul Murphy and People Before Profit on bringing forward this Bill. It has always struck me as completely and utterly unfair that young workers, those under the age of 20, have a lower rate of the minimum wage. A 19-year-old, for example, will earn just 90% of the minimum wage. An 18-year-old will only earn 80% of the minimum wage and a 17-year-old will receive just 70% of...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Bhí an ceart ar fad ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Teachta Daly, nuair a dúirt sé go bhfuil chuile cheantar tuaithe difriúil. I mo dháilcheantar féin, is é ceann de na ceantair is iargúlta ann ná ceantar Gaeltachta. Tugaim rud amháin faoi deara sa Seomra nuair a labhraím i nGaeilge go minic, is é sin, go mbím orm é a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the work her Department is doing to ensure the sustainability of island communities in terms of necessary infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 359. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the current amount of tax relief of €7,000 that can be claimed per person for postgraduate fees, including the student contribution, to €8,000, €9,000 and €10,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27382/23]