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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Senator is doing a good job of it now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Yes, and if the Senator is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: If the Senator is going to quote me, I ask him to least quote me accurately-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----or perhaps the Senator is not happy with the facts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Senator is definitely on the hoof here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I think, Cathaoirleach, that I have answered the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have no more to add on an issue I have no responsibility for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Oh, I know what it was for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: As a representative of the National University of Ireland in Seanad Éireann, the Senator knows-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----as well as I do that the higher education institutes, together with the Higher Education Authority, is the correct forum in which this can be discussed further because I do not have any human resource or industrial relations remit. That is a matter for the governing authorities of each individual HEI working with the HEA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank my officials as well.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department's Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 aims to make apprenticeship highly visible and strongly recognised by learners, parents, family and career guidance professionals through a dedicated information campaign, and to promote apprenticeship as an attractive route to qualifications and a career. The National Apprenticeship Office (NAO) has led regular targeted marketing and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are 11 projects being progressed through PPP projects in two bundles. Bundle 1 consists of six projects that are currently in construction. Bundle 2 consists of five projects, two at the SETU campuses of Waterford and Carlow, two at the ATU campuses of Galway and Letterkenny and one in TUS Limerick. The new Engineering, Computing and General Teaching building planned at SETU...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The National Apprenticeship Office (NAO) launched a recruitment campaign in November 2023 as part of the plan agreed with my Department to significantly increase State training capacity to meet the rising demand for craft apprenticeship. The NAO allocated €149,000 to this campaign which targeted potential recruits on social media, radio, and digital audio and video. To support the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 19 together. I am developing a new Student Accommodation Strategy to create an environment where accommodation cost and availability does not act as a barrier to attending third level education. The strategy will include measures to increase the supply of state supported student accommodation, reduce the cost of delivery through standardised design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Increasing the number of places on key health and social care programmes is a priority for my Department. In October 2022, the Higher Education Authority sought proposals from higher education institutions interested in building capacity in a number of critical disciplines, including Pharmacy. The HEA assessed the proposals for new programmes with assistance from a panel of experts. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am conscious of the need for the progressive implementation of measures to address cost as a barrier to attending higher education. As part of Budget 2025 we have introduced a range of cost of living supports and permanent adjustments to further support students with tuition fee and other costs. The cost-of-living measures includes one off funded reductions in the student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department is continuing to oversee the implementation of a plan put in place by the National Apprenticeship Office to significantly increase apprenticeship capacity and respond to rising craft apprenticeship registrations as a result of our buoyant economy. As of end-August 2024, a total of 2,484 craft apprentices are waiting six months or longer for Phase 2 off-the-job training this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 624 and 625 together. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous institutions responsible for their own academic affairs including the curriculum and student numbers on individual courses. The costs incurred by a HEI in increasing student places on a particular course or establishing an additional course can vary depending on a variety factors...