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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Is that quicker than shortly or is shortly better than imminent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: is that for the new agency?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I have one or two other questions. On ETBs, there were different things mentioned here around the apprenticeship programme. We spoke briefly about the increase. The Department is going over its targets. It is over its target as well in terms of women it is trying to target on to the different programmes on the apprenticeship side. I will talk about the role of ETBs here. In particular, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Yes, he visited. We were hoping to have funding, and Ms Miley might speak to this, too, for veterinary course for big animals, which I hope will happen in Mountbellew, and courses there that are really important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: That is absolutely wonderful. Our constituencies changed after the most recent census so that is wonderful. That currently sits within the Galway East constituency. I am speaking about the Roscommon-Galway constituency currently. Within County Roscommon, the ETBs are active but we currently do not have apprenticeship training. There is an increase in apprenticeship programmes and in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I believe that the process hopefully will be happening again. I thank Ms Miley very much. I appreciate that time might be short. I might come in later, Chair, if there is time at the end.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Our guests visiting Leinster House, Josephine Kelly and Margaret Rogerson, represent Ahascragh-Fohenagh in County Galway. They are here because we were fundraising for a community centre in Ahascragh. People might remember that area was made famous by Seán Moncrieff in "Don’t Feed the Gondolas" way back when. This town does not have a community centre. Currently, the old hall...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State here today, and support Senator Pauline O'Reilly in her call around access for women to hormone replacement therapy. We have spoken on this before and had many discussions and debates. It was mentioned once about the word "menopause" being mentioned more times in this Chamber than in a lot of previous Seanadaí and Governments to date. We are openly...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: It is important that we will be discussing the upcoming budget. People from Ballinasloe had an opportunity on “Morning Ireland” today to voice their concerns about the cost of living. People spoke about the importance of supports for college students and the challenges posed by rising costs. There was a young man in the solid fuel business who was trying to change his...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I very much welcome the Minister, who is here to discuss the Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022. I thank our colleagues for bringing this forward. I grew up on a farm and around animals and I respect animals both large animals and small. I respect large animals because when you are in a field with a bull and cattle, you quickly understand that you are safe if you respect them....

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister coming to the House to speak to us on the opportunities and places at third level. He recently announced funding of more than €5 million for the further education and training, FET, sector. That is topping up funding he issued in April into the FET sector. Under his watch in this new Department we have seen a phenomenal focus on the opportunities under further...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Not at all. They are very welcome. I will return to my points, which the Cathaoirleach will have to remind me of. I was speaking about the apprenticeship programme, which has 70 courses available. Those opportunities are so people can work for a period of time and get a qualification. The qualification can be a diploma, a degree, or can go the whole way to a PhD. We have that across so...

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: The Minister is welcome. He is here to deal with a very difficult subject. I acknowledge Senators Doherty and Seery Kearney, who worked with our group to put forward this Private Members' motion. It is crucial that the Minister sees that motion calls for action on the part of the HSE in the context of these families that are awaiting surgery. It really is about taking urgent action to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I congratulate Katalin Karikó from Hungary and Drew Wiseman from the US who won the Nobel Prize for medicine for their work on the mRNA vaccines.I want to speak a little about the story behind this and about these two researchers who moved to the US and who fought for funding. They then worked at BioNTech SE. BioNTech SE is a couple from Türkiye who moved to Germany and were...

Seanad: Senior Cycle Reform: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House for this debate on senior cycle reform of the leaving certificate. Ireland ranks highly across the world in its educational attainment and the quality of education we deliver. We see this both at our post-primary, secondary school level but also at third level, which is fantastic. Ireland ranks high over the European average, even when it comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome all of the officials from the Department of Education. It was great to hear the update from Mr. Loftus that the Department provides for "almost 1 million students and over 100,000 staff," which make us realise the mammoth task achieved by the Department. I acknowledge the speed with which additional accommodation is provided, as I have seen in my own area. I represent the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: The first two items are so the Department of Education can engage in terms of commitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Can I finish?