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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Is it becoming a crisis in some Dublin schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: A number of months ago, I met a group who spoke to me, as Chair of Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, about the shortage of physics teachers and the crisis that is rapidly coming down the tracks. There is a lack of young people who see that as an attractive career and I am not sure why maybe. Mr. Curtis might be able to educate me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I will ask the representatives about their experience of how we promote apprenticeships. Do students see an apprenticeship as difficult, hard work? Do they wish to work in offices and have a 9 to 5? The student has totally changed from my time or the representatives' time. We have a more softened society now, with our younger generation. When I was younger, as I presume was the case for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Dr. Gormley is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: The mothers of Ireland get children up for school and get them ready and out the door. They get that from their mothers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: What we heard from colleges is that these facilities were built back in the 1970s and 1980s for the population of that time, rather than the population now and the number of apprenticeships we need to go through the colleges. These colleges say they have to do an awful lot more online, to be able to facilitate the students in their workshops and the practical work. One of their biggest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: It is a big issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: That is especially so with a State company.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I will finish up by thanking the schools. I know of some excellent schools. They should not have to be under the pressure they are under. Again, they are keeping the extent of the problems covered up in one sense because they are so good at managing crisis and making do but the elastic band can only stretch for so long. If it is not resourced properly with respect to teaching time, IT...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: In a written submission from the University of Galway, one academic noted there were only 34 qualified computer science teachers in Ireland. I am interested in our guests' views on that. Is there any proposition or proposal for remedying this issue? What is the availability of computer science in most secondary schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Yes. There is a lead-in time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank our guests for coming before the committee. The discussion has been beneficial and productive to our ongoing work.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any plans to align or streamline the work permit and visa applications processes to reduce the time it takes to bring much-needed workers into the State to take up their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10169/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on who is responsible for investigating complaints and enforcing remedial action in housing provided to local authority housing support applicants by a housing agency, where there is reason to believe the housing may be structurally unsound and potentially a danger to the tenants; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools in County Wexford that receive funding for breakfast clubs; the number of those that are DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10032/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools in County Wexford that receive funding for breakfast clubs; the number of those that are DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many DEIS schools in Wexford have been receiving the school meals programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance will be awarded to persons (details supplied) once a means test is satisfied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9805/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any immediate plans to engage with the trade unions and staff associations concerned with changes to the Civil Service status of Garda staff proposed in the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9955/23]