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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on improving pathways between second level education and apprenticeships to ensure that apprenticeships are seen as a very attractive career pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9025/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Apprenticeships are a real option for many people seeking careers in sectors such as international financial services, software development, construction and hospitality. Are people being made aware of the various options that are available? What measures are there to encourage people towards that channel of apprenticeships?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister. I understand there are some 9,000 employers involved with apprenticeships throughout the country. If we are to increase the number of people in apprenticeships, it will be necessary to increase the number of employers who offer apprenticeships. Many smaller local businesses in hospitality and other sectors are under pressure. Is the Minister engaging with them and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: One of the biggest competitors for apprenticeships, if we can call it a competitor, is college. Going to college seems to be pushed through the focus in schools on exams and points and through the publication of league tables of schools. From my involvement as a parent and from my experience with boards of management and education and training boards, I know that league tables are not a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (20 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Local offices are very helpful in getting the card renewed and they facilitate the appointments with people. We are seeing that people are getting a letter three months in advance, notifying them of the card coming due for renewal, but that they cannot make an appointment for another two months. They will not be facilitated with an appointment until the card is within a number of weeks of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (20 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Having a smooth and reliable process for the renewal is so important. When people are getting their letter three months in advance they expect to be able to either do it online, or to be able to access the office locally. People are struggling to get appointments until they are much nearer the date of their card expiry. From what we understand, this is because of a large number of people....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (20 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken to tackle the backlog of appointment requests for public service cards in County Cork as it is ten years since the roll-out and a high volume of renewals is required; the progress that is being made to have an online application and renewal system available for public services cards; and if...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (20 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: The key issue with the renewal process for the card is that it should be smooth and that people should find it straightforward to do, with the minimum of hassle. We are getting a range of queries on different issues in our offices in Macroom and throughout County Cork. Will the Minister outline of the efforts being made to make the renewal process as smooth as possible?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: In order to reach the ambitious climate action targets, it is going to be a case of every shoulder to the wheel. Many householders have raised with me that they want to play their role but they are finding it difficult. It is more than just insulation and they want to be able to change the heating system in their homes despite the cost of it. There is a real opportunity staring us in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3807/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Taoiseach as ucht an cheist seo a fhreagairt. Last week saw the publication of the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, which included wide-ranging recommendations. The general thrust was around having a health-led response to the possession of drugs for personal use. As I understand it, the next stage is for the report to come to the Oireachtas....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3806/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Security (23 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what measures are being taken to protect any threat of damage to high-speed cables that traverse the north Atlantic, with Ireland being a major international junction for such cables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2743/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Security (23 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: An estimated three quarters of the northern hemisphere's undersea cables pass through Irish waters. We are very much at the crossroads between the EU and North America, with significant traffic over and back along those cables. Will the Tánaiste outline the measures being taken to ensure that they are not interfered with?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Security (23 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: The efforts to get the two new naval vessels and the aircraft and to have them deployed have been helpful, positive and a constructive step. Another step would be to identify what underwater capabilities are needed. I understand that the development of advanced capabilities in that respect is a big job, as it involves getting people trained and acquiring hardware. What measures are being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Security (23 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Typically, these cables are privately held by various organisations. Those organisations will obviously have an interest in ensuring the security of the cables. I imagine that they will also have capabilities and be monitoring their cables. Is there a sharing of resources and information in that regard and, if so, how helpful is it? Obviously, there is a State responsibility at play in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: I will ask the Taoiseach about competitiveness and the great struggle many small local businesses right across the country are experiencing in that regard. I refer particularly to businesses in the hospitality sector that provide many younger people with their first jobs, that sponsor community events and that employ a great many people. These are often family run enterprises. I am talking...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government’s response to the annual recommendations of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, which was published by his Department on 29 November 2023. [54692/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (18 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 7. To ask the Minister for Health in what areas in acute hospital settings AI technology is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2032/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (18 Jan 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Athbhlian faoi mhaise di. The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare settings can offer very exciting possibilities, and also present challenges and various considerations. Will the Minister give an outline of the use of AI in medical settings throughout the country, as well as the various considerations he has had of its use?