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Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: Surely, it must get muddied a bit in periods of conflict. Does this get muddied?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: What would happen if it turned combative while they were there?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: I will ask a couple of questions on the Ward report, which is quite extensive. First, has the Department engaged with the relevant representative bodies on it? I have a specific question on the change in reporting requirements whereby all offences that normally are required to be reported to An Garda Síochána will be required to be reported to An Garda Síochána going...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: There is no option for an individual to report?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has analysed the need to increase the guide dog allowance to keep pace with cost-of-living increases; and when this allowance was last increased.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27781/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered amalgamating group C inheritance tax recipients into group B inheritance tax recipients. [27780/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department in analysing alternative ways of funding third level education in lieu of the current 'student contribution' model. [27242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the national training fund will be used to support enhanced core funding for higher education over the period to 2030. [27309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 882. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department on the reform of the funding allocation model for Higher Education to ensure the model aligns with Government priorities and adequately underpins sectoral reform, as set out in ‘funding the future’. [27315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of the apprenticeship policy unit within his Department on the review of the current Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; and when the proposed successor to the action plan can be expected. [27243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the implementation of the Public Service Apprenticeship Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27244/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to update on the work of his Department to bridge the gap of public service apprentice registrations in order to reach the Action Plan for Apprenticeship goal of 750 annual registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department to deliver Ireland's first Tertiary Education Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he expects the Tertiary Education Strategy's development to conclude by November 2025 as set out in the Higher Education Authority Act 2022. [27246/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on when he expects the public consultation process for the Tertiary Education Strategy to begin. [27247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the further education and training, apprenticeship and skills policy division's work in leading a periodic critical review of SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department to expand apprenticeship offerings. [27249/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to update on the development of proposals by officials within his Department to structurally reform apprenticeships. [27250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to update on the creation of an integrated national apprenticeship system as laid out in the Action Plan for Apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27251/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to update on the establishment of a level 8 planning apprenticeship; when he expects this course to be made available to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27254/25]