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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Brownlee. Are there any barriers for that at the moment? Let us take the case where you are in Donegal and are doing your apprenticeship in Derry. This committee is naturally trying to learn as much as possible at the moment and to think of help and solutions as well. Are there any barriers that Mr. Brownlee can see at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I would like to see as much North-South mobility as possible and breaking down barriers in that sense as well. In relation to the HEA opening statement, one thing that stood out to me and which I thought was quite interesting was that by mode of study, 59% were full-time students and 33% were part-time but 8% were remote students. That is quite fascinating because you would think that if...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: Yes. It is such a low figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: That is very interesting. The more we can do on that, the better. The Department and the co-centred programme are quite interesting. It is good to see. I have met with different researchers who work collaboratively North and South in different universities and they have talked of the full benefits of doing that research in the longer term. Those co-centres are a recent thing. They are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: That is good. I will finish on a question on accommodation. It is obviously something that keeps coming up for students from the North and their ability to come to the South, together with a whole range of other issues. This is something that is coming up more. When I spoke to a university in the North, it said a reason it saw more students coming to that university was that it was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: The Department mentioned this a lot-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: If the Department does not have every response-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I have questions with the Minister this evening. As reference was made to this in the statement, I thought I would ask about it. If Mr. McKenna could back with some information, that would be fantastic and I thank him.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, line 9, after "social," to insert "political, historical, legal,". We received the groupings very late so it is a bit difficult. Amendment No. 4 proposes inserting "political, historical, legal," after "social," in line 9 on page 9. It expands the list of identified areas for research and innovation to include political, historical and legal. We...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: To be fair to the Minister and his Department, I think people were happy with the amendments he made over time and that he listened to people. That is important to say from the outset. These are concerns that have been raised with me. I understand what the Minister is saying about being too prescriptive. I understand things could be left out and that is the benefit of having these...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, line 14, after “enterprise,” to insert “community,”.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I will want to speak to my amendment.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: Apologies if I did not speak to amendment No. 9 earlier. I will speak to amendments Nos. 9 and 10 to make it easier. I assume the Minister is well aware of the intent of these amendments but it is just to give a stronger commitment to supporting internationally funded award success. I note the Minister's own amendment No. 8 and I would like to strengthen that. My view of the support was...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I take that on board. I would still like to press the amendment in terms of a voice vote because-----
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: It that because amendment No. 8 took over from amendment No. 9?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I take it that we had the vote on amendment No. 8.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: That is actually the amendment I was going to put to a voice vote. I thank the Chair.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: Are we not doing the grouping of amendments Nos. 28, 34, 36, etc.?