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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht an Bhille seo a thógáil. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I welcome those organisations who are watching in the Gallery. We have the Union of Students in Ireland, the student unions of University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, South East Technological University,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Third level education is important, but it is also costly. One of the costs is the student contribution charge, which increased considerably during the austerity period. It should be removed fully, which Sinn Féin has committed to doing. The current Taoiseach reduced the charge by €1,000 in recent years, but that reduction was temporary. We need to see it become a permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities must request approval from TII when tendering for maintenance and improvement works on the national road network; if a cut in funding has occurred year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28155/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual taxpayers who claimed tax relief on postgraduate fees in the years 2022 and 2023; the value of refunds in both years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision was made to remove the requirement for fluency in the Irish language for the position of director of schools within the ETB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28310/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Services (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available for persons with disabilities or significant medical conditions (details supplied) whose income exceeds the threshold for social housing in order that they can access affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27978/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of reducing the student contribution charge by €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27984/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current core funding deficit for the university sector; the estimated first- and full-year cost of reducing this by a third; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27985/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of extending free fees initiative to graduate entry medical students up to €10,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of providing free Irish language classes to all adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27987/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of abolishing all craft apprenticeship course fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27988/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of extending State support for allowances for craft apprentices by increasing the rates by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27989/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Teastaíonn otharcharr i gConamara. D'ardaigh mé é seo trí bhliain ó shin. Tá chuile dhuine ar aon ghuth maidir leis seo. Tá go leor obair déanta ach tá sé ag tógáil go leor ama otharcharr a fháil do Chonamara. Impím ar an Tánaiste dul i dteagmháil le Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte mar gheall air...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (27 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhféadfadh sé soiléiriú a dhéanamh ar Cheist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 269 an 30 Bealtaine 2024 agus Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh 116 an 20 Meitheamh 2024 (sonraí tugtha) agus an bhféadfadh sé an cheist a fhreagairt ina iomláine [27686/24]

Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Anybody who has been in this Chamber in recent years when we discussed pre or post European Council statements will remember that I have been continuously raising the plight of Julian Assange. I was going to raise Mr. Assange's imprisonment again here today but I am delighted to be able to say that he has now landed in Australia and is reunited with his wife and family. Julian Assange...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (26 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 11 June 2024, if he can clarify that the reply he gave was in relation to the year 2024, as this was the year the question was referring to; to confirm that in addition to the five nations mentioned, that personnel from the United States were also present and whether they had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the expansion of mental health service across third-level institutions. [26569/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I want to ask about the expansion of mental health services across third-level institutions. This is of huge concern to students at this moment in time, particularly because they are facing very long waiting lists to see a service. When the amount of mental health supports are compared with the number of students in the universities, they just do not seem to be adequate at this point. What...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I will give the Minister some context about why I am asking this question. First, I have met with many different students. This is a key issue that keeps coming up with the students' unions and broadly with the students as well. Galway is a place I know well. A GP came to me and said that because of the lack of adequate mental health supports within the universities, they are seeing a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: There was a problem with the Minister's predecessor who had a habit of making reannouncements. I have mentioned it before and I saw it regarding mental health supports and the funding for them - unfortunately, I cannot get the figure, although I tried to search for it - where there was an announcement as though it was extra, additional funding, but it was actually just the funding that was...