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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Fees (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: This question was sparked by the real-life experience of a former constituent who is now living outside the European Union. He contacted me to say that his son, who was born in 2004, would like to come back to Ireland to go to college. His son has an Irish PPS number, an Irish bank account, and an Irish passport, but because he is living abroad he will have to pay non-EU fees, which are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Fees (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and interest in this matter. He will appreciate that Irish citizens living abroad would like their children to come back here to go to university, but the fees are exorbitant. The Minister said he cannot intervene in this way, but is there any way he can make it easier? Will he consider examining the possibility of making it easier for Irish citizens...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Fees (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: On that last point, I understand that some other EU countries have changed that rule in that they allow people to go to university there and accept them as European citizens paying only European fees. Even Irish citizens in some countries can have that benefit. I will ask the Minister some questions. When is this policy being reviewed? Has it been reviewed recently? Will he set a review...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Richard Bruton, who sends his apologies. He wants to ask the Minister if he has assessed the role artificial intelligence should play in shaping the future of further and higher education given that it has been described as the fourth industrial revolution, bringing a tsunami of change. I am interested in hearing the Minister's response.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Deputy Bruton has requested that I ask whether the Minister will comment on the potential for individualised learning paths that AI opens up and its impact on teaching and learning and the complications for assessment methods for distinguishing student knowledge from machine-generated content. It is a cause of huge concern in some third-level...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Would the Minister agree this whole area is moving at an incredibly fast pace? Some of the very large companies are investing not millions but billions in the area and it has the potential to change everything as we know it. Will the Minister comment on the need to modernise the curriculum at third level to reflect the different skills people will need? Will he also address the serious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current situation with respect to employment contracts for adult educators; his future plans, if any, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I want to give the Minister of State an opportunity to inform the House with respect to the current situation regarding employment contracts for adult educators and whether he has any plans to review these contracts, improve on them and to make them more career-friendly. Will he outline what the future holds for this important sector?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response and congratulate him on the work being done in this area, which seems to be very progressive. Will he comment on incremental pay rates and career progression in this important sector? Many adult educators work with some quite vulnerable clients and students who need a lot of help and assistance to progress. In some instances, there is no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Will the Minister of State give an indication of how many adult educators are involved in this scheme nationally? How many students are impacted or benefiting from the various schemes or courses involved here? The Minister of State has given an indication of the total extra cost but has he any indication of the total overall budget involved in the sector?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Tree Remediation (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter and the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for being here. I raised this issue last May with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. At the time, he told me the implementation of legislation on the management of tree and hedge-cutting operations was a matter for local authorities and landowners. The problem is that the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Tree Remediation (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is a bit funny because, in one sense, everyone here is responsible and no one is responsible. This issue has moved from the Department of Transport to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and to the local authorities. Ultimately, this responsibility will fall back on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UCD Ukraine Trauma Project: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Apologies for being late, but I was speaking in the Dáil Chamber. It is very hard to believe this is happening in 2024 and that such awful wars are occurring on our Continent, in Gaza and in Sudan, which is beyond appalling as well. There is no sign of any of them finishing and they are, in fact, getting worse. A lot of my questions have been asked so I am not going to repeat them....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 18 June 2024, if the information from the vacancy survey project supported by his Department has been made available to his Department; if so, to list the number of vacant and derelict properties in each individual local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 18 June 2024, to list the 31 PV installers referenced in his response and the total number of the 129 applications for PV solar PV panels which were submitted by each of these respective installers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 13 June 2024, to outline the grades and positions that will be filled as part of the funding allocation for the appointment of an additional 2,969 staff in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27133/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 16 November 2023, to report on the funding provided to An Post to date as part of the €10 million per annum from within his Department’s existing capital provision for the period 2023 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27424/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: This is to give the Minister an opportunity to report on the funding provided to An Post to date as part of the €10 million per annum from within his Department's existing capital provision for the period 2023 to 2025.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. I am sure he will agree with me that An Post is a very important institution or organisation in the State. It does great work, especially what it did over Covid. The work the postmen and postwomen who went out and linked with people who were isolated at that time did was hugely important. I draw the Minister's attention to the publicity post An Post...