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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how his Department will ensure the enforceability of the definition for student accommodation as provided for in the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended by the Residential Tenancies Act 2019 (details supplied) for the purpose of ensuring that licence agreements and other measures designated for student specific accommodation is not used...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chathaoirleach Gníomhach agus leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste. It is no easy task to come before this committee. Members just ask the questions, but witnesses must answer them and I acknowledge that is not easy. I have met Ms Fitzpatrick and SSUNI, as well as the USI on this matter and it is an issue that my own party and I take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, that definitely makes sense. I am unsure whether this language requirement is a base requirement that cannot be moved on but I will raise this issue in the next session. The theme from all the opening statements is that people need to be made aware of this issue. Mr. O'Mahony mentioned the idea of a website and in response to Mr. Irfan, any student would benefit from interactive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I wish to ask both Ms Fitzpatrick and Mr. Irfan whether every school has a guidance councillor. Personally, in my school, although there was guidance counselling, in practice there was not really. That is not a reflection of my school; I went to a small school and it was not realistic to be able to spend time on this matter. Is that reflective of schools at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That makes sense. What about the North?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Oh, wow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: If the State, Government, universities, or whoever it may be, wished to feed into students, that could work though the social media platforms of the three organisations before the committee today, as they have a bigger reach among the age group we wish to target. I believe that is something we could put forward. As for the timing of university places being announced, it is a massive issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I totally understand. People are not stating the reason they went to Belfast is because they really wanted to do a specific course - which is why I went there -even though that is the reason they should. I realise I am out of time and I do not wish to annoy the acting Chairperson, who is doing a fantastic job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Around the social media aspect of this issue, a website is a good idea but do the witnesses believe that students would look at a website? When I was at university, there were career fairs that different companies attended and when I was at school, there were open days where we went to specific colleges to learn about those colleges and the course varieties they had. Do the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes. Do the other two witnesses wish to comment on this matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay, that is fair. I thank the witnesses and everybody who came to the meeting today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: This meeting has been extremely helpful and I thank the witnesses for their work in recent months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach agus leis na haíonna freisin as teacht os comhair an choiste. I apologise for missing some of the discussion. Unfortunately, I think members all have about three things on at the same time today. It is welcome that we are having this discussion, as is the report that has come out up to this point as it tackles a huge number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: There are a few aspects to this. Obviously, there are students who are not aware of that requirement before they choose their A-level subjects and they may be studying something they do not need maths for while whereas they need the other thing. That will probably continue to come up as a barrier. Whether it can be rectified is a different kettle of fish. On the GCSE requirement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Professor Ó hÓgartaigh. I was just looking for the background on that. I am aware my time is up but I have one last question. Let us say students from Donegal want to go to Derry for a placement. Are there tax or bureaucratic barriers to that? How would that work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That is really interesting. Perhaps I can meet Mr. Hannigan separately to discuss the matter further.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: It would be remiss of me not to mention that the Executive is up and running and Conor Murphy is in post as the Minister for the Economy. That is good to see.