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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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. [10170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to consult with small independent retailers whose main business is the supply of schoolbooks in advance of the introduction of free books to primary schools, in order to give them time to plan for the 2023-2024 term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10643/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of disability allowance means for a person (details supplied); when the payment will increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10654/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students studying for a qualification (details supplied) qualify for the reduced fee contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10683/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can reconsider the rules excluding robotics farmers from the new TAMS scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider including agricultural and farm contractors in the new targeted agricultural modernisation scheme (TAMS 3); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10747/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the level of uptake of TBESS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have a couple of questions. Mr. Crone spoke about the lack of availability of specialised rooms and teachers. A number of years ago, it was mostly vocational schools and technical schools that had woodwork and metalwork. Now, most secondary schools do construction studies, woodwork, metalwork and so on. Is the failure to have those specialised rooms and teachers down to investment in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: They do not come across to the east coast. I would be interested in Mr. Crone's view on that. Fantastic work was done 20 years ago to get schools to offer woodwork and metalwork. I went to the Christian Brothers School, CBS, in Enniscorthy. I never thought there would be woodwork available there. It is available now. It is only right and proper that those subjects are available for all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Is Mr. Crone aware of any situation in a secondary school where if a subject is not available in one school, the student might be able to go to another secondary school to gain access to the subject?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: If there is a cohort of girls in an all-girls school who want to study woodwork or metalwork, etc., is Mr. Crone aware of such students going to an adjoining school in the same town?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Mr. Crone has spoken about first, second and third year subjects in secondary schools and then students must choose a number of subjects. Transition year falls in the middle. Some schools are fantastic in the way they use transition year to help, assist and broaden the minds of an awful lot of students while other schools do not share the same vision for transition year. Does Mr. Crone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Is Mr. Crone referring to Pathways in Technology or P-TECH?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Yes. Is there more that can be done at primary level to prepare students to study STEM subjects? What measures can be taken to enhance the uptake of STEM subjects in DEIS schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: A lot of primary schools students, when they go into secondary school, have almost convinced themselves that they are not good at maths. Are there opportunities, in Mr. Crone's experience, for them to convince themselves that they are good at maths or recover? Can they recover from their lack of knowledge of maths when they go into secondary school? I ask these questions because such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Crone for coming before the committee and I am glad we were able to facilitate him this week. This conversation will be part and parcel of our continuing work on the STEM subjects. We will suspend for a few minutes to allow the other witnesses to enter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Jones.