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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of English language schools that were inspected for compliance of the ILEP in each of the years 2016 to 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17393/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of English language schools that were removed from the ILEP in each of the years 2016 to 2023, in tabular form; the number of these schools that were later readmitted on to the ILEP; and the number of schools that were not readmitted. [17394/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 629. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to set up a diabetes taskforce of relevant stakeholders to develop a national diabetes strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every person with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17695/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 630. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to provide the recommended staffing levels of multidisciplinary diabetes team members (consultant endocrinologists, advanced nurse practitioners, diabetes nurse specialists, dietitians, psychologists) per 100 patients for a paediatric diabetes clinic and an adult diabetes clinic; to provide details of the number of hospital-based diabetes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the international education mark will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17391/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be allocated to ensure that education providers are compliant with the international education mark. [17392/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans or actions he has taken to attain membership of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17664/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all universities identifying whether each has run a surplus or deficit for the financial year 2023, the value of this surplus or deficit and the change from the financial year 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 198 (24 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 7 February 2024, given that is has been three months, if he can please give an indication of when Solas will be in a position to provide a breakdown, by county, in tabular form, of the number of craft apprentices currently waiting for off the job training; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (25 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the instances where Irish peacekeeping deployments were blocked at the UN Security Council level; the year this took place; the permanent member of the Security Council which issued the veto, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electrical, plumbing and carpentry apprentices who completed their course in 2023, broken down by the year in which they first registered for their course, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (25 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 754 of 16 April 2024, the specific legislation that his officials and those from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are looking to amend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18575/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Go raibh maith agaibh as teacht os comhair an choiste. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and their opening statements. They were very interesting and it is very much appreciated. I will start with the Department first. I have an interest in local authorities and their use of apprentices and that kind of thing, especially given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Is that craft or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Could Mr. Beausang confirm that? I see people suffering because their houses are not up to standard and I see empty boarded-up houses, and those are the kinds of things that need to be turned around and that is what we need to look at. At the same time, it would be powerful to give young people opportunities in their local authorities and areas in which they can see the work they are doing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am conscious of my time and I am worried the Chair will stop me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Does Mr. Beausang expect to hit that 10,000 target? The 2020 target was 9,000 and we are not hitting that yet. Does he think we will hit the 2020 target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: At the same time, we are looking at the local authorities and that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand what happened in 2020 but if we are not hitting the 2020 target of 9,000 now, I do not see the benefit of us talking about another target we might not hit either. That is my concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely. May I ask another question?