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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Absolutely. You have answered very well and skilfully. I am not sure if Senators O'Loughlin and Senator Dolan online. I call Deputy Ó Snodaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I will come in on what Ms Sheridan O'Callaghan said. She has come through the leaving certificate. Would she have preferred continuous assessment over two years compared to the written exam that she did? Does she believe she might have done better under continuous assessment or would it have put her under more stress in fifth and sixth years? What are her thoughts on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I apologise. We are having trouble with the connection to Senator Dolan, who is next on the list. Does the Deputy have any further questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: To follow on from that, Mr. Ahern mentioned apprenticeships. I would like to hear the views of Mr. Sharpe and Ms Sheridan O'Callaghan as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: To follow up with a question arising from Deputy Ó Snodaigh's contribution, Mr. Ahern spoke about apprenticeships earlier. Apprenticeships are going to be included in the CAO from this academic year. I have spoken before about how there is a great deal of peer pressure on many students regarding what college they are going to and how many points they got. That is the focus of the talk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: No, go ahead. I ask Mr. Ahern to continue and to say what he is saying, because I agree with him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I agree with Mr. Ahern that we never see the photo of somebody heading off to do an apprenticeship. At the end of the day, depending on what trade they go into, they can make much more than the person who gets 300, 400 or 500 points. Apprenticeships can lead to fantastic careers. Some people who went into apprenticeships were extremely successful at starting their own businesses and are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have asked that committee members would get a copy of that leaflet from the Department of Education. I was not aware of it either. One of the issues that came up at the committee was that of emotional councillors being appointed to schools and whether that could be rolled out on a trial basis in some way. We will work with the Department of Education on that. I thank the witnesses for...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: First, I want to comment on the previous speaker. I am not sure where she gets the money tree from but she is like the Sinn Féin Party: there is money for everything, give it all free, charge nothing and give everyone whatever they want. I suppose that is socialist politics and nobody-----

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Did I interrupt you?

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Please have the manners not to interrupt anybody. I made a comment like every parliamentarian. I was elected to this House, like the Deputy, to give my view. The Deputy wants to give everything for free - the money tree is there - and pay for absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, we are back to a situation that we all wished we would not have to revisit, and it is unfortunate we are back....

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Did I interrupt you? Please have a little bit of manners.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Do you have any manners?

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Well, then, you should use them.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Well, then, you should use them. Have manners. Did I interrupt you? I call on our national broadcaster to be responsible in its broadcasting. That is why it is being given the licence fee to do so. It is very difficult for the Government to impose restrictions. It has not been easy on the citizens of this State. It has not been easy for the social fabric or the economic fabric of...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome the Bill and I thank the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and Minister of State, Deputy Burke, for bringing it forward. I have been listening to some of the debate over the past while. Most of those who have spoken come from urban constituencies. I come from a rural constituency and maybe I hear very different testimonies from those being heard by other Deputies. Some Deputies...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should listen back to what he said on national radio. I did not come in here to disrupt Deputy Ó Broin and I would appreciate it if he did not disrupt me.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have listened to some of the Deputy's commentary on national radio. It is absolutely absurd how he treats some of our really good landlords.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I can cite for the House many terrible experiences I have heard about with regard to tenants, where landlords have been really fair and have invested in the properties in respect of which the tenants have shown abuse. There should be more protections for the landlord than are currently in place. In this regard, I often question the Residential Tenancies Board and some of its outcomes which...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who has lived and held a driving licence in Ireland for over 40 years but has been unable to renew their driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59589/21]