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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of recipients of home tuition grants due to mental health issues for 2022-23; the average number of weekly hours they received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45352/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the policy in relation to allocating social housing with additional rooms to families who have children with additional needs, i.e., if an OT recommended a child to have access to a sensory room in their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44654/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the payment dates of all additional lump sum payments announced as part of budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44933/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list figures, average waiting time, number of people waiting more than six months, more than one year, more than two years, more than three years, more than four years, more than five years, more than six years, more than seven years and more than ten years in Galway, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that were put in place for patients with complex cancer cases in Portiuncula Hospital prior to the hiring of a consultant radiologist six weeks ago, in terms of their representation at the multidisciplinary meetings at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the €67 million announced for apprenticeships in the Budget Expenditure Report (2024), how much of this comprises unspent funds from the €30 million that was announced for apprenticeship in Budget Expenditure Report (2023); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45347/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the €400 thousand bursary announced in the Budget Expenditure Report (2024) for apprenticeships from underrepresented areas; the qualifying criteria; how many awards this equates too; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45348/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to his announcement that PhDs will receive a €3,000 increase in their stipend, if he can confirm that this applies to institutional scholarships; if the funding for this will come from the additional €60 million in core funding announced in Budget Expenditure Report (2024); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to his announcement of an additional €4.1 million to "enhance the number of places" in GEM for EU students as part of Budget Expenditure Report (2024), can he outline the estimated number of places this equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45350/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (17 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his progress on the roll-out of graduate entry dentistry across selected Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/23]

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]

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...

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: 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,...