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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: An issue came up with me recently is that of somebody in digs who, as part of their SUSI application, was asked to provide a utility bill. Obviously if a person is in digs, he or she will not have a utility bill. Because of the lack of regulation in the sector, some students are going to pay cash. It does not give them the details. Is that a further reason to have digs regulation? Have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Another big issue that comes up a great deal is independence and proof of independence. I am not exactly sure, to be totally frank, how to change that. However, the whole issue of independence and people trying but not being able to prove their independence to get a grant s probably one of the main issues that I come across when it comes to SUSI. Do witnesses agree that is an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: There was not a massive amount of change in the SUSI grants in the budget. Some of the thresholds changed. I asked the Minister how many students that would impact. He said about 3,000. If I am not mistaken, there are 15,000 in Galway alone, so it is impacting a very small number of people. Has USI noticed more and more that while people might think at the start that they are able to go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: It is huge. I was contacted by a PhD researcher. Researchers do not pay tax on their stipend and are not able to get the renter's tax credit. Has USI raised that with the Department of Finance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: In the future, though it should be immediate, we need to figure out what exactly affordable student accommodation is. Everybody needs to come together. I know we are waiting on the student accommodation strategy, which USI has raised countless times with me and, I am sure, with the Minister. It is frustrating that we still do not have that. We need to bring USI, the Department, Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: My time is up. I thank the witnesses. They do significant work, which is stressful because they are dealing with people in serious crisis situations. It is trying to figure out how to help them. In many cases, unfortunately, there is very little help for people. Fair play to USI. I look forward to joining the witnesses on their protest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am sorry that I was delayed. I have another committee meeting as well. The main issue that consistently comes up from students is accommodation. How many have dropped out at this point because they are unable to get accommodation? If they do not have the data for this year, are the numbers for last year available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Is USI going to compile it?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is the intention of the Minister’s officials in the Inland Fisheries Division and senior management at Inland Fisheries Ireland to conduct retrospective appropriate assessment screenings on two bye-laws, namely the Pike Conservation Bye-Law (No. 809) and the Coarse Fish Conservation Bye-Law (No. 806) from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no appropriate assessment screening was conducted for the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Ballysadare (Catch and Release) Bye-Law No. 1012, 2024 that covers multiple SACs, considering that other recent bye-laws legislating for salmon conservation in SACs have been screened for under the EU Habitats...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the damaging anthropogenic introduction of highly invasive fish species such as perch and bream into rivers that feed The Gearagh Special Area of Conservation (SAC), a unique alluvial forest in County Cork, has been recently highlighted on RTÉ Radio One, if he and his officials in the Inland Fisheries Division...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the concession on dead bait fishing was a sop to pike angling interests, whose quarry also pose a clear and present danger to salmon sustainability, when on 17 September 2024 he signed into law the Waterford Fisheries District, (River Barrow) Angling Limitations during Salmon Spawning Run Bye-Law No. 1011, 2024, to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 15 October 2024, if she will review a child's school transport needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42817/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (22 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 24 September, where she stated the matter was dealt with in "accordance with the Department’s procedures"; if she can confirm that failing to give neither an acknowledgement nor a reply is in line with such procedures; to outline, in relation to the contention that "in this instance, the...

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Deputy Whitmore. We move now to the Independent Group. I call Deputy Connolly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Thosaigh an Tánaiste agus léirigh sé na tograí a tháinig isteach ar an bpraghas gur chóir dóibh teacht isteach. Is é sin an jab atá ag an Rialtas. Shílfeá go mbeadh a fhios ag an Tánaiste gur chóir d'aon togra teacht isteach ar an bpraghas gur chóir dó. The Tánaiste started off talking to me about the projects...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That is not the question I asked.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Will the Tánaiste answer the question?