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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Teaching Council: Discussion (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That is where the conversation is at. My sister is a teacher and my mother was a lecturer for years. I am surrounded by teachers. If we are looking at trying to encourage more people to go into secondary school teaching, particularly people with a real passion for their subject and strong background, it is about looking at innovative ways to get more people to go down that route and maybe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Teaching Council: Discussion (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That is some change. That is interesting. I am caught for time but I might come back on another question about the Irish language. I will move on to the next member. I call an Teachta Jim O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Teaching Council: Discussion (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: The next speaker is an Teachta Clarke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Teaching Council: Discussion (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am conscious of time but I would be interested in hearing about those people who have qualified abroad, what challenges they faced and what they have fed back. I would also be interesting in hearing about those who, after qualifying here, worked abroad for some time and the challenges they faced. That may not be something the council is aware of, but for those who are trying to get their...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion. It is extremely important and it is really good we are having this discussion. It should be something we continue with and not have only when it is especially in the news. We often hear in the discourse on violence against women that women deserve to feel safe. I have heard throughout the past number of weeks this concept that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on species categorisation policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28452/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on species categorisation policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28453/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on species categorisation policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28454/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that TAMS 3 funding under the solar capital investment scheme is limited to farmers who have a minimum of five hectares of owned, leased or rented lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28447/24]

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

Mairéad Farrell: I have brought this legislation forward in good faith. When I see an issue which I think needs to be addressed, I try to address it and bring it in front of this Dáil. I do not believe in just simply shouting from the sidelines and I believe in providing solutions where solutions are needed. I say to the Minister of State that I very much welcome that this Bill is not being opposed...

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

Mairéad Farrell: Hear, hear.

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]