Results 481-491 of 491 for speaker:Maeve O'Connell

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide a public health centre within the Sandyford Business District given the rapidly growing population in the area. [53330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (7 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of stakeholder submissions received by his Department as a result of the stakeholder consultation on amendments to the National Training Fund; and the names of stakeholders who were invited to participate in this consultation. [53326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (7 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications received each year for the past three years; and the number of applications which were successful. [53327/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (7 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the establishment of a national skills observatory as per recommendations made by the National Skills Council. [53328/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of registered derelict or vacant housing properties in Dublin Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53386/25]

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: I am delighted to stand here today and say I have great confidence in the Tánaiste, Simon Harris. Before I was elected, which was only last year, I was a lecturer in TU Dublin and I saw at first hand the work he did to transform that sector when he was the first Minister for higher education. I saw him raise the status of apprenticeships. I saw the pride of those students increase...

National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: I welcome the opportunity to debate Second Stage of the National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill. In progressing this Bill through the Oireachtas, it is vitally important that we ensure the National Training Fund's original principles are maintained. Established in 2000, the National Training Fund has spent more than two decades, as we know, funding training for those in employment and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: I apologise; I was in the Chamber earlier on. Dr. Murray highlighted the importance of apprenticeships being employer-led. One of the challenges that has been raised with us is the challenge of getting smaller employers to take on apprentices. I would appreciate the insights of the other members of the panel but what does Dr. Murray see as the barriers to those smaller employers taking on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: We have heard testimony here of a tradition of doing that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering extending the Human Capital Initiative Programme; if not, if replacement programmes are being developed in lieu of an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department will invest in apprenticeships following the significant allocation made in Budget 2026. [55836/25]