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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I remind members to please ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment even on silent. The minutes of the meeting of 20 April 2021 have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed. Apologies have been noted and Tara, our clerk, is absent today. We wish her a speedy recovery. From SOLAS, I welcome Mr. Andrew...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I call Mr. Healy to give his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Healy and I call Deputy Ó Laoghaire. I remind witnesses that when the Chair asks them to cease speaking they should do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I ask Mr. Brownlee to provide to the clerk any further information on Deputy Ó Laoghaire's questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: The next speaker is Senator Pauline O'Reilly, followed by Deputy Aodhán O Ríordáin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Brownlee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Donnery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I must ask Ms Donnery to conclude. I will allow Senator Dolan back in towards the end, at which time Ms Donnery may continue to answer. I apologise but I have given the Senator plenty of flexibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I wonder if Deputy Ó Laoghaire is still online. Evidently not. I ask Dr. Trant to continue and the Deputy can read the response in the Official Report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Dr. Trant very much for that response. I call Senator O’Loughlin if she is available. She is not. Is Senator Pauline O’Reilly available? Deputy Farrell will be invited back in towards the end. We will have additional slots then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I call Senator Pauline O'Reilly again. She is not available. I call Deputy O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: We will hear from Senator Flynn and then I will take a couple of additional people at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Senator, I will take the slot myself. In fairness to the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, they have put apprenticeship programmes on the roadmap. It is greatly appreciated and is very much a priority within the new Department. Looking for more women to participate is very much welcome. My question is for both organisations. I wish to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Donnery. I know from speaking to the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, that there is an appetite for this within the Department. I would encourage both SOLAS and Skillnet Ireland to do all they can for this sector because it will be very important post-Covid in terms of economic recovery. I have two further questions and I invite Mr. Healy and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Brownlee for that and Mr. Healy. There are additional slots and I will allow members to ask questions. I call Deputy Farrell. If other members want to come in I ask them to give a signal by raising their hands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Yes, perfectly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: As no other members are offering I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today and sharing their insights and expert knowledge on a very important and topical issue. The discussion has been productive and informative. I have no doubt that we will bring back Skillnet Ireland and SOLAS when it comes to discussing reform of the leaving certificate because I know they will have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualified adult allowance under the contributory pension for a person (details supplied) can be backdated to when they turned 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22180/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 963. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine for a traveller from Abu Dhabi who has been fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied), provides a not-detected PCR test and provides an antibody test proving sufficient immunity against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21590/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford participating in the dental medical card scheme; his plans to address the number of dentists leaving the scheme which has left medical card patients in many areas with no access to dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22324/21]