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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the working family payment renewal for a person (details supplied); when the payment will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14409/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation approvals his Department must issue in each week from 1 March 2022 to 31 December 2022 in order to achieve the target of 1,040 afforestation licences as detailed in the recent licensing plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13884/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 1109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants or members of the REAP scheme who have applied for afforestation approval under the afforestation grant and premium scheme during February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed outline of the reasons a club (details supplied) were unsuccessful in their application for sports capital funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Teaching Council will implement the lifting of the five day rule for payment of student teachers order to accommodate student teachers in receiving full pay if they are covering absences in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a centre (details supplied) in County Wexford for a section 39 grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, who hopes yet to attend, Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Senator Fiona O'Loughlin, for whom Senator Malcolm Byrne is substituting, and Senator Eileen Flynn. The draft minutes of the meeting of 8 March 2022 have been circulated. Are the minutes agreed to? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: We are joined by Ms Marian Duggan, vice president of academic affairs and registrar, as well as vice president for equality, diversity and inclusion, at the Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest; Mr. Tim Horgan, head of the faculty of engineering and science at the Munster Technological University; Dr. Aedín Doris of the department of economics at Maynooth University;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank all witnesses for their opening presentations. Our first questioner is Deputy Conway-Walsh. She will be followed by Senator Malcolm Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I have a couple of questions. Then I will allow members to come back in again. As Mr. Horgan is aware, some of the committee members made a recent visit to MTU back in November. The Government has been very much putting apprenticeships out there by encouraging more people, as is the CAO and everything like that. This is all very welcome. Some of their public statements have been very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Before I move to another member, how does Mr. Horgan feel we can encourage more females into craft apprenticeships? What does he feel are the factors that are limiting the number of females going into apprenticeships? Young fellows and girls came to me previously looking to get in with an electrician, a carpenter, a plumber or whatever. I would have had to make ten phone calls to get that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: In the context of your role as diversity and inclusion officer, as Ms Duggan knows, there will be an influx of Ukrainians to Ireland over the next period. We had a discussion in private session earlier during which Deputy Ó Cathasaigh suggested that this committee seek clarification from the Departments of Education and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I have a number of questions for the other three witnesses, the first of which is on the reform of SUSI. My view is that the system should be turned inside out and upside down to ensure real reform. Where would the witnesses start on the reform of SUSI if they had a blank sheet of paper? It is my belief that every student should face as little cost as possible while pursuing third level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: A parent contacted me about three weeks ago whose third child will be going to university. The family will have a student in year 4, a student in year 2, and now also in year 1. The parent showed me the figures for exactly what it is costing and it is absolutely frightful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I will add in food as another issue in this regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Mammies send back bag loads of food. Many Dublin students can hop on a bus home, and no disrespect to them. It is a major cost, however, for many rural students.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the witnesses for coming here today for the discussion, which has been very productive. Even though we were low in numbers, it was a very good discussion all the same. I very much appreciate their contributions. I know it is some people's first time appearing before the committee. The meeting is adjourned.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department provides funding for victim organisations; if so, the purpose of this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16193/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Projects (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that is being made on the green town project; the number of vulnerable families that the programme is assisting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16196/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide support funding for households that are hosting Ukrainian refugees; if he will provide access to HAP or an equivalent payment to individuals pledging rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/22]