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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I totally get that it is not without its complications. The Minister is saying everything is on the table, but in order for that borrowing for TU student accommodation to be moved off balance sheet, there is a process, and that process takes time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Has that process started, or has it not started?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: To what level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely, it is literally beside my estate, but that is not really the question I have. I am trying to figure something out here. I could be wrong, but is it not that the review has to be done by the CSO and it then goes to Eurostat? Is that not the way it works? What stage is it at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I totally get that but I am trying to figure out whether that process has started.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am in no way clearer on that. Thanks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: D’fhreastail mé ar chruinniú de chuid BÁNÚ aréir i Ros Muc agus bhí breis agus 100 duine ann. Bhí daoine ag plé cúrsaí pleanála agus bhí fearg le braith sa seomra sin. Tuigim dóibh cén fáth mar gheall nach bhfuil aon duine i gConamara in ann teach a thógáil, a cheannach nó a fháil ar...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the provision of evening bus services between Galway city and Loughrea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40396/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding changes to Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, thresholds made in budget 2025, the estimated additional number of students who will now qualify for the grant. [40347/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will go to each university for the delivery of student accommodation beds; and the timeline for when construction will commence. [40346/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of craft apprentice instructors hired to date since the launch of the recruitment campaign, by type of craft instruction. [40345/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support being provided to persons (details supplied) to assist them in being evacuated from Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39902/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus tickets can be provided for two students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39748/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 24 September 2024, if this student can be offered a place on a school bus service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39794/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for community groups that would support local cultural and physical activities, for example, a weekly dance that rents space from a local hotel. [39981/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if babies born in December 2024 will also benefit from the €420 baby boost payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the situation where those who qualified with a four-year BA degree in children’s studies from the University of Galway, are not currently certified to work in the childcare sector; and if he will investigate this matter given the need to increase the numbers of childcare workers in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the publicity campaigns he has run during his time as Minister to highlight Lyme disease and its causes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices currently waiting for off-the-job training, broken down by type of craft apprenticeship. [40348/24]