Results 101-120 of 126 for speaker:Dee Ryan

Seanad: Supports and Services for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers: Motion (8 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank the Senator very much. Before I call the Minister of State to respond, I welcome Deputy Tony McCormack to the Visitors Gallery with his guests. I thank them for joining us for this very serious motion on the topic of supports and services for patients with head and neck cancers.

Seanad: Supports and Services for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers: Motion (8 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Murnane O'Connor. Before I call the next speaker, I welcome Deputy David Maxwell and his guests to the Visitors Gallery. They are very welcome.

Seanad: Supports and Services for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers: Motion (8 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: Before calling the next speaker, I welcome Deputy Paul McAuliffe and his guests, Maurice and Wendy Thibault, to the Gallery. We are having a discussion on a Private Members' motion regarding supports and services for patients with head and neck cancers. I call Senator Collins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. It was very interesting and they have given us a lot to contemplate. There is a lot of common sense being spoken and strong, informed, evidence-based suggestions that we will be able to take into our deliberations in the work we do in the coming months. What is really striking for me is that we have a common goal of addressing the skills needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: Within the different education centres, not just on the learning side of things but also on the very important customer service and student support side, are there variances in how the different universities and technical universities are handling and welcoming students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: I genuinely do not know. Are there divisions within the student unions? Are there pathways for apprentices to become involved in student unions and be more integrated?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: Gabh mo leithscéal, everybody, we had a little timing issue this morning. We were under the misapprehension that the Order of Business was at 11 a.m. so I was downstairs in committee; I apologise. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak. I spent a very interesting morning with a group of business professionals on St. Stephen's Green who were launching the CFO...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: I send my condolences to Senator Teresa Costello on the passing of her dad. I also offer my condolences to Independent councillor in Kerry, Niall O'Callaghan, and his family on the passing of his brother Paudie at the weekend. I rise on an issue that was raised with me by my local shopkeeper. George Lee, a third generation family grocer, holds the corner shop in my village of...

Seanad: Budget 2026 (Enterprise, Tourism and Employment): Statements (14 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: The Minister is very welcome. I take this opportunity to welcome this very important budget for our country as we move forward into uncharted economic waters. We did say that we were going to place an emphasis on infrastructure, housing and child poverty. In this budget, which we hope is the first of five, we have done precisely that. In the context of his Department, I congratulate the...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (16 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: The Taoiseach is welcome to the Seanad today. I take this opportunity to acknowledge and welcome the opening this week of the 96-bed block at UHL in Limerick. As the Taoiseach knows, we have come through a dark time in the mid-west, with additional stress and worry being placed on the families of sick loved ones due to the overcrowding we have experienced at UHL. Since the Taoiseach took...

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

Dee Ryan: I thank the witnesses very much for joining us and for their presentations and opening statements. I have some questions that may seem elementary, but I am trying to get my head around the ecosystem and trying to understand all of the different stakeholders who have to feed into achieving the common goal we all have of driving up the number of apprenticeships and their adoption, from both a...

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

Dee Ryan: I used to work with Skillnet. Is it similar to any course development in that there must be demand from the sector? A substantial number of interested parties must make an approach. Does the process differ for the body providing the academic side versus what it would be doing for a full-time course or micro-credential?

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

Dee Ryan: Absolutely.

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

Dee Ryan: What I am getting at is whether there is a blockage or a difference in what the academic side has to do. I appreciate the response. I thank Ms Boland for everything that she has explained so clearly, but is there a difference for the academic side of it in terms of the application?

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

Dee Ryan: I apologise; I am just keeping an eye on the clock and I have only a few seconds left. It was said that the validation is time-limited. Is the time limit different from that provided for a full-time course?

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

Dee Ryan: I thank the witnesses for all their patience with us today. I have a follow-up question on how we crack the nut when it comes to SMEs. Recognising that SMEs are the largest cohort of employers in the country, we want to engage with more of them in the context of upskilling their teams and bringing more people on board in the context of this apprenticeship model. I am not certain if it was...

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

Dee Ryan: The AMTCE is very specialised and intensive, particularly in terms of the capital that goes into the equipment used for training purposes. It might be a useful model for other sectors in developing apprenticeships targeted at SMEs. Are Mr. Smith and Ms Boland aware of the development of any apprenticeships? The organisation I was involved with worked closely with industry and education...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Dee Ryan: I raise the issue of policing in Limerick city centre. Just this morning, I spoke to a number of prominent retailers who had a meeting last night with our chief superintendent, Derek Smart, on this issue.We have seen a growth in instances of antisocial behaviour, which we believe is putting people off coming into the city centre and supporting local businesses, and a huge increase in the...