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Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Budget 2018 is a major event for higher education in Ireland. After a really difficult decade, we can now start to address some of the challenges facing the sector. In this budget, we are announcing extra current and capital spending, which I am confident will make a real difference. In parallel, we are committed to making changes in how the higher education sector works and measures its...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I announced a lot of money yesterday in that regard.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is 7,000 homes.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Sinn Féin's numbers are wrong.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is fake.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: We have spoken about none.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Lie down.

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Tá brón ó chroí tagtha orm faoi bhás Liam Cosgrave. D'fhóin sé d'Éirinn go dúthrachtach agus go tírghrách agus tharraing sé gradam mór air féin as an tseirbhís sin. Duine uasal onórach ab ea é. Inniu tá na meáin lán le moladh ina thaobh. Duine na linne ina mhair sé ab ea Liam Cosgrave...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes. He had not finished.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Work Permits Eligibility (3 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I thank Senator Noone for raising this issue in the House. Ireland's over-arching labour market policy is to support the sourcing of skills and labour needs from within the workforce of Ireland and the European Economic Area, EEA. The employment permits system offers an interim solution for employers when...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Work Permits Eligibility (3 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I note the Senator's comments and will ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Education, Deputy Fitzgerald, to keep her up to date.

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Third Level Facilities (3 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Senator for raising the issue of the library in Mary Immaculate College. I am very aware of the good work of the college for its students. The Government recognises the importance of the higher education sector to Ireland's future economic and social development. However, the reality of the economic situation in recent years and the nature of the public expenditure corrections...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Third Level Facilities (3 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: No, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, I have said my piece.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am delighted to be here in this lovely new Chamber. I congratulate the architects and everyone else involved in its design. I thank the Senator very much for her question and raising this matter as it gives me an opportunity to outline to the Seanad the current position on the ongoing campaign for the provision of an Educate Together secondary school for the south Kildare region. My...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The amendments for the Technological Universities Bill 2015 are being drafted and I am hoping to have them soon and to deal with that legislation before the end of the year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 429 together. I am aware of the decision by University College Cork (UCC) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) relating to the Irish Maritime and Energy Research Cluster (IMERC). However, neither my Department, nor the Higher Education Authority, were involved in the review or in the decisions by UCC and CIT. IMERC...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Higher Education Authority (HEA) is responsible for gathering statistics on student numbers and according to the student numbers recorded by the HEA in respect of the 2016/17 academic year, there was 131,268 students attending universities and other colleges while 86,975 students attended Institutes of Technology (IoTs). This represents 60% for universities and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There are a number of possible support options available to persons wishing to complete a masters in primary education. The Deputy will be aware of the Action Plan for Education commitment to increase financial supports for postgraduate students with a particular focus on those from low income households. In response to this commitment, I secured additional funding of €4 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The higher education institutional profiles for the 2013/2014 academic year give an academic staff : student ratio of 1:16 for the Institute of Technology sector. The Higher Education Authority is currently finalising the institutional profiles for the 2014/15 academic year and this will include an updated  academic staff : student ratio for the sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Reform (11 Sep 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The DARE scheme is a third-level admissions scheme for students with a disability offering places on reduced points basis to school leavers with disabilities who are under 23. HEAR is a college and university admissions scheme offering places on reduced points and extra college support to school leavers from socio-economically disadvantages backgrounds. The DARE HEAR schemes have...