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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Yes, but my question is whether it would be beneficial to students if they had the results prior to making their choices. I know I am straying a bit from the issue at hand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Speakers can have three minutes each.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: We are out of time. I will ask Ms Feeney to reply to the Senator's question. I will then move on to Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Okay. I support Senator Dolan on one thing, which is social media. The SEC is now engaging with a different generation of young people, including those aged 45 and below. If the SEC wants to get people in, it has to get involved with social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Getting behind the scenes and under the bonnet of what happens has to be done on social media.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I have one last question. What would a corrector earn?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: An average for junior certificate and leaving certificate examinations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: How many weeks' work would that be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Does Deputy O'Callaghan wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Absolutely. I thank the officials for coming in today and briefing the committee. I specifically thank the officials and acknowledge their co-operation in agreeing to come before the committee at very short notice as we are in recess next week. This was a timely opportunity and I thank the officials.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering any measures to specifically mitigate the impact of recent and future ECB rate increases on homeowners with variable or tracker mortgages who will be facing increasing mortgage repayments in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase remuneration packages for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors considering they have not had a pay rise in 13 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55360/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 771. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide guidance for people who have pledged accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, either within their own homes or in second properties but have yet to see any progress on placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54927/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider recommending that third level institutions provide access to online, remote, recorded lectures to assist students who are struggling to find local accommodation or who are facing lengthy commutes to attend their courses on a daily basis due to the lack of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54556/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health if the nursing home support scheme will take a property into account (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Pensions (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 1201. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he arrived at the conclusion that the increase in the State pension rates in budget 2023 would not make a substantial difference to the outcome of the assessment process for the medical card; the analysis, if any, that was carried out; the way in which it demonstrated that there would not be a cohort of persons aged 70 years or older who...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 1310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any further change to the deadline for submission of applications to the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55502/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment even on silent mode. Are the minutes of the meeting of 25 October agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: We will meet with relevant academics from the NHS child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, and education authority, Dorset, United Kingdom; the Irish Universities Association, IUA; the Technological Higher Education Association, THEA and the Higher Education Colleges Association, HECA. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following to the first session: Professor Paul Downes,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Dr. O'Reilly. I invite Ms Sarah Stockham to make her presentation.