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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: -----every year, which is welcome. The problem is that the fees for those who are trying to study graduate-entry medicine are increasing as well. Is it possible to put conditionalities in place? How does it work? Obviously, the institutions are independent. I get that. I am trying to figure out what kind of conditionality can be put on funding. Is it impossible for that to be done?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I get that, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Within that framework, yes. Do any of the other witnesses wish to come in on that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That would be great.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the current iteration of the means test for social assistance payments; if her Department is taking steps to update the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46179/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: At times like these, I hope people see the value of our neutrality and the ability of a small nation such as Ireland to have an outsized voice that can call for de-escalation, diplomacy and peace, even when larger powers call for greater confrontation, greater militarisation and further escalation. The Tánaiste's security forum has finished and its report has been produced. For...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: In this day and age, it is very common to give out about social media; to say that it is no good, toxic or divisive; and to complain about misinformation and so on. A lot of that can be the case, but in this instance we need to give social media its due because without it we would not be able to see the horrors happening in real time in Gaza and the West Bank. We are not dependent on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is good, I thank Mr. Mac Fhlannchadha. Did Mr. O'Leary want to bring someone else in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: No, sorry. I am asking about the craft apprenticeships.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I was not really asking about it in that context; I just meant in general. I take the point in respect of specific student accommodation and that is fine. Having to pay €12,000 in rent is crazy stuff, however. I am aware there have been funding increases and so on. At the same time, I have visited different student accommodations that are extremely high end. There can be a balance....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Caiteachas Ranna (25 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection an bhfoilseoidh sí an méid iomlán a íoctar mar 'Sochar Linbh' sa stát in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 agus 2022 agus i bhfoirm thábla. [46764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (26 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review into the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006 will commence, considering that both bylaws protect and conserve invasive and non-native freshwater fish in Lough Corrib SAC, which is completely at odds with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding supports are available for apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47075/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance if parents who are currently renting themselves and also paying the rent for their children in student accommodation will receive the tax credit once for the accommodation in which they are based, or twice to include the student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance if students who are currently paying for student accommodation but are not currently in employment and paying tax through that employment can avail of the renter's tax credit; and if so, how this will function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 304. To ask the Minister for Finance if the change in the renter's tax credit which allows for students living in digs accommodation to avail of the tax credit requires the landlord to be registered with the RTB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 307. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that PhD research students are excluded from the new student renters' credit; if so, if he can outline the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47666/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made on the issue of 'fair post-primary redeployment for teachers'; the plans going forward to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details, for each of the 31 local authorities, on the number of inspections for minimum standards of private properties carried out in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number of enforcement orders made; the reason for each of the enforcements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....