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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact date the financial incentives for the new forestry programme will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52606/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the double autumn social welfare payment will be paid to recipients of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or supplementary welfare allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that those on community employment schemes are excluded from receiving fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that third level students from a college (details supplied) are not entitled to the €1,000 rebate on their college fees announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52392/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Apologies have been received from Senators Eileen Flynn and Fiona O'Loughlin. Senator Malcolm Byrne is substituting for Senator O'Loughlin. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment of the Houses, even if they are in silent mode. Are the minutes of the meeting of 12 October agreed to?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Simon Harris, and his officials. The Minister is here today to discuss the following: the key recommendations contained in the joint committee report entitled, The Future Funding of Higher Education; student accommodation; PhD candidate remuneration;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Deputy Harris for his detailed opening statement. Our first questions are from Deputy Conway-Walsh followed by Deputy Crowe. If Deputy Crowe is not here it will be Senator Dolan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: We will give you six minutes but we will be lenient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: It will be a long six minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: There will be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I call Senator Pauline O'Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I have a couple of questions. First, I think the Taoiseach would be mad to get rid of the Minister, Deputy Harris. He is doing a fantastic job in that Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: One of the single biggest issues facing families and students is the whole area of accommodation. I know the Minister's Department is very active in trying to come up with solutions. I met the Chair of the Technical Universities and some of the presidents recently and one of the issues they spoke about was being able to borrow as other universities can. Will the Minister bring us up to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister. I know we are all looking forward to the upcoming launch. I have one question for the Minister. I raised this in a parliamentary question to his Department regarding the Marino Institute of Education and he probably knows the question I am going to ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: It is about the 400 on undergraduate courses at the Marino Institute of Education, including the bachelor of education in primary teaching, primary teaching, the bachelor of science in education studies and bachelor of science in early childhood education. I have been in contact with some of the students in light of the recent budget announcement that all third level students were expected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Okay. I will go back to Deputy Conway-Walsh for a final round of questions and then to Senator Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: As a vote has been called in the Dáil, I want to close the meeting before we depart for the vote. I call Senator Malcolm Byrne and ask him to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Very quick.