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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department’s new student accommodation strategy will be published. [26568/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: This issue is raised with me by students' unions quite a bit. They are wondering when the student accommodation strategy will be published. I understand they have been waiting for some time for this. It would be great to have sight of it and a date for when it will be published.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: What the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, wants at this stage is a date. The Minister mentioned it would be at some stage in 2024. I appreciate he is new in the role but this is something that was due to be published this year. When will it be published? The Minister mentioned the student accommodation policy. I remember when it was launched. There was a massive hullabaloo about...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress in addressing the current challenges around student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26567/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Will the Minister provide an update on progress in addressing challenges around student accommodation? There are many people finishing their leaving certificate and looking forward to September but they and their families are worried about the cost of what lies ahead, depending on where they receive the offer of a course and whether they will be able to find a place to live, let alone afford it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Will the Minister explain what he said about the 51-week leases? The Taoiseach, who was the Minister's predecessor, said in the House on multiple occasions he would bring this before the Dáil before the summer recess. I asked him if it could be done by ministerial order or in some other way that would hasten the process because we do not want people to be locked in at this point for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: When can we see it? The first and most important thing is for us to see the legislation. We all want to stop this practice and ensure people are not locked into 51-week leases. As soon as we can see it and make sure it does what it says on the tin, we can welcome it. We need to end the practice of 51-week leases because it has affected many students. Is it the Minister's view that he can...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress in addressing the issues in the craft apprenticeship system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26566/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Will the Minister of State update us on his progress in addressing the current challenges in the craft apprenticeship system? We are at the end of the leaving certificate examinations - hence a bit of a change in the weather - and young people are looking forward to what they may try to do later in life. One of the things that appeals is apprenticeships. That is a welcome decision to make,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I agree with the Minister of State that we want to see a growth in craft apprenticeships. That is what we are both looking for. Previously when this was discussed, one of the big things that was said about the apprenticeship system is that it is employer led. One of the biggest employers in the State is the public service. Sometimes, people would be forgiven for thinking only the private...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Oh did I have one minute? I apologise. I got confused.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I apologise. For some reason I thought I had two minutes so I was in the middle of my contribution when I had to finish speaking. Let us look at the local authorities as an example. At the moment, information on how many apprenticeships there are is not collected centrally. The reality is that in most of our cities, maintenance of our existing housing stock is a huge issue. I...

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: We know that people are struggling with the cost of energy. It is really important that my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, has brought this motion forward now, in the summer months, because this is something we need to deal with now. People will really struggle, particularly in winter, as a result of inaction by this Government. Just today, I was contacted by a man in Clifden. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the proposed new veterinary school. [26571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an approved NGO observer at NASCO (details supplied) furnished any scientific evidence or data to his officials in the inland fisheries division that validates the current policy requiring all rod-caught Atlantic salmon above 65cm to be released alive and that harvesting of Atlantic salmon in September should...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to his Department's officials co-hosting with Inland Fisheries Ireland the forty-first annual meeting of NASCO in Westport, County Mayo between 3 and 7 June, where the threat of invasive pink salmon (oncorhynchus gorbuscha) to native Atlantic salmon was discussed; if he will continue with the perverse policy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the review of the criteria for residency permits for medical professionals, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if there is a date by which the new criteria are expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26897/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (20 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil dualgais reachtúla ar Bhoird Oideachais agus Oiliúna chun tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do ghrúpaí pobail atá ag fáil maoiniú stáit cheana, sa chaoi go mbeidh siad in ann níos mó ranganna Gaeilge a chur ar fáil mar chuid d’oideachas pobail, agus ranganna Gaeilge a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans, if any, to roll out greater numbers of Irish-language courses in third-level institutions. [26573/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 218. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress in relation to Inis Oírr pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26563/24]