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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is repetitive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chair, and I thank Ms O'Byrne and Ms Kenny for coming before the committee. I do not know if they heard the earlier session,

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the proposals put forward was by Ms Patricia O'Sullivan. She was talking about the fields of counselling, psychotherapy and psychology, and she thought it would assist public confidence if validation and accreditation processes could be streamlined, and a national working group established to harmonise policies. Obviously, I am conscious that Ms O'Byrne is not a politician and it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am not suggesting that the establishment of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has confused it, but is there any proposal or merit to the suggestion that perhaps we should move departmental responsibility away from the Department of Health for those issues, and over to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: There was also mention of care providers, and the fact that they now have to register within the next two years. I do not know if Ms O'Byrne was aware of that, or if she was here for that contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: In Ms O'Byrne's and the Department's assessment, how is CORU developing as the independent health regulator since it was established?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the other issues which was raised was the issue of approving and accrediting a course before it is up and running. Does one wait for the course to be up and running, and then give it approval after one sees how it is performing? Obviously, CORU and QQI are limited with regard to what they can do by the legislation which has been set down. From the point of view of the student, one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does that enhanced engagement happen in practical terms?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of renters who have claimed the rent tax credit this year, by county, in tabular form. [25912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Environmental Policy (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department is taking to improve indoor environmental quality standards. [26040/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size for primary schools in each county in the 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26181/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size for post-primary schools in each county in the 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that can be taken to expedite the decision-making powers of An Bord Pleanála, where decisions that were due a year ago have still not been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action his Department is taking to improve the indoor environmental quality standards of Ireland’s homes. [26039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 9 May 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 9 May 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the closing dates for accepting tender offers for the new aircraft and helicopters for the Garda air support unit. [25643/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 9 May 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25644/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 9 May 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda band as of 22 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25646/23]