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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I reiterate my call for a central point. Someone needs to take charge of this in the Department. The person should be co-ordinating all the activity to ensure somebody has the target in mind. I note the list of centres the Minister of State gave in his initial answer. There is no centre planned for the west coast. It is all about the midlands. In the west, we have houses that need...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan. This is in respect of the targets of the national retrofitting scheme and comes back to some of the discussion around apprenticeships. There is a commitment to get an extra 2,600 places in the nearly zero energy building apprenticeship. What is the position with that target? Is the Minister confident it will be met?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline measures to improve funding supports for students in further and higher education, including an update on the review of the SUSI grant scheme and an update on the implementation group to look at the issue of future funding of our higher education institutions, grant supports and reform implementation; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Minister recently made an announcement of substantial extra funding for third level education. He also committed to revamping the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme. I am interested in where we are with that and about its timeline. How will the extra funding he announced for third level address the problems that we have just discussed?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister. He has been in this House for long enough to know that money will not absolve people from not taking responsibility. We are good at throwing money at things, but we need to make sure that we get outcomes. What is the timeline to reduce the teacher-student ratio or lecturer-student ratio? The student contribution is currently €3,000 per annum. The Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: Could we anticipate a reduction in the student contribution fee or an increase in SUSI in 2023? It is important that we expand the available SUSI grant support. I am with the Minister on the student contribution. It is a fee. "Student contribution" is a silly, insulting phrase. It is a fee and it excludes many people from education. The same people are hit all the time. They may be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: How many of the 250 contacts the Minister mentioned are likely to seek places? Is that information available? To broaden it out, can those who seek apprenticeships access that contact point? Will they be supported by the ETBs? Will the examination the Minister mentioned be the passageway to potentially beginning college in the next academic year for those Ukrainian equivalents of leaving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I raise the situation of Ukrainian students who wish to access third level and, indeed, fourth level education since arriving here following the invasion of their country on 24 February. How many have taken up places and what procedures is the Department putting in place to facilitate them and to ease the transfer?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in each of counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have applied for funding under the Irish Innovation Seed Fund Programme in tabular form; the number that have been successful in each county; and the total funding awarded in each county to date; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the West region of the IDA Strategy - Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021 – 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is seeking to target CAO places in areas of acute skills needs as identified through our national skills architecture and workforce planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/22]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuairimí an Aosa Óg: Plé (18 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis an gcléireach as ucht cuireadh a thabhairt do na scoláirí teacht anseo. Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe ar fad freisin. Tá brón orm ach caithfidh mé dul go cruinniú eile. Tá ceist agam faoi chúrsaí éiceolaíochta agus timpeallachta. An gceapann na finnéithe...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: For the record of the House, I received an email at 11.30 this morning confirming it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: No problem. I wish to know the number of people who are looking for assistance with energy costs, including boiler repairs and replacements, either through the exceptional needs scheme or otherwise, to alleviate the major crisis that will affect households experiencing fuel poverty.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Minister is aware the major shock through the increase in energy costs is only beginning to happen. By the time we get to next winter, this will be a major crisis and not just an issue for many people. I acknowledge the €200 to help with electricity bills and I acknowledge the extra €125 paid this week to 371,000 household in receipt of fuel allowance. The restrictions on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: In my own name I have tabled a question about the availability of community welfare officers. I got some information last week that shows many people do not have access to a community welfare officer within their area. The service is being centralised. People do not have access to transport to get to the central service. It makes no sense to do what the banks are doing and tell people to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I am taking No. 77.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: It has all been done. We have got the confirmation back from-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s strategy to make sure that social protection payments keep pace with the higher cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24667/22]