Results 3,221-3,240 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Apologies have been received from Deputies Conway Walsh and Ó Laoghaire, who are being substituted by Deputies Tully and Ó Murchú, respectively. I remind members and officials to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of this meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even though members and officials are participating remotely. The...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. The first questioner up is Deputy Ó Murchú but, before I call on him, I wish to ask a question. The Minister is probably aware that the committee is doing a module of work on leaving certificate reform. We have had a lot of round-table discussion with various groups and organisations. It has been a very enlightening conversation...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I ask the Minister to make a brief reply because I am conscious of the time.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Minister------

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Minister------

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I am going to have to call the next speaker.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I ask the Minister and Deputy to have the manners to listen to the Chairman when speaking. I am going to try to facilitate everybody. I have curtailed the time. I ask members to have the manners to at least listen to the direction of the Chairman. I call Deputy Ó Cathasaigh because he must leave early.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I apologise, I must cut the Minister off there. The the next speaker is Deputy Alan Farrell.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have a number of questions. I want to follow up on what Deputy Jim O’Callaghan said about antigen tests and the importance of them. They might not be the silver bullet but I have no doubt that they would help the school community. Maybe the Minister of State could expand on that a little bit. The other issue is the vaccine for the under-12s. I know this is not the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: From a personal point of view, I would like to see NIAC make that decision on the roll-out of the vaccine for those aged under 12 as soon as possible . I have one further question before Deputy Ó Murchú comes back in. On the leaving certificate and the arrangements for the sitting of the leaving certificate in 2022, what conversations has the Minister had with the Department,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have one further question. On the module work on Covid and school bullying, one of the key recommendations was the appointment of therapeutic emotional counsellors on site. This could even be done on a pilot or trial basis. I do not want to hear the Minister say it could be done in conjunction with guidance counsellors. The guidance counsellors have enough to do and enough...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister for Education. As there are no further questions I thank the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley and the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, and their officials for their constructive engagement today. I will suspend the meeting briefly to allow for the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, to attend before the committee.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome now the Minister of State with responsibility for skills and further education, Deputy Niall Collins and his officials to the meeting. I also thank them for their briefing documents which were provided to this meeting. I ask the Minister of State to make his opening statement now, please, and members can ask general questions then on Vote 45.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, for his statement and I call now the first committee member, Deputy Pauline Tully, who has five minutes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I ask the Deputy to be brief in his response.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have a few questions for the Minister of State. As I am sure he is aware, the committee did a field trip to the extended campuses of the institutes of technology in Limerick and Cork last week. An issue that came up in both cases was the lack of resources and spaces in respect of apprenticeships. Both colleges could take on significantly more students but do not have the space, teaching...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I compliment both presidents and their staff in the technological universities, TUs, for they way they have emerged from being institutes of technology, ITs, and the ongoing work they are doing for the hospitality sector, in particular. It is fantastic to see the work on the ground. I speak on behalf of all the members of the committee when I say we were impressed by what we saw down there....