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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Can Mr. Brownlee expand on that a little?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Could Mr. Brownlee expand on those workshops a little? Where are they? What are they covering? What are the crafts for which they are being used?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am aware of time constraints. We discussed the target of 10,000. Obviously, there is a huge issue in terms of our housing crisis and having people and the capacity to build the houses we so desperately need. From what I understand, the figure of 10,000 includes both craft and consortia apprenticeships, and it is not an official target for craft apprenticeships or new registrations. Can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: If I am ever talking about housing and the need to ramp up the housing supply, the first question I always get asked is around the fact we do not have the people to build it. There are different issues. There is the apprenticeship side of things and then there are people building hotels and office blocks rather homes and all that kind of thing. That is why I feel strongly about this. One...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: There is, yes. I saw it on the news.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am conscious of my time. That is something I feel really passionately about as well. On that whole issue of the 10,000 target, the growth of apprenticeships is something we hear about a lot from Government. That is extremely welcome. It is really good that people have different opportunities and all that. However, I was looking at the growth of consortia apprentices versus the growth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Those are the figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, it was 2% in 2016 and now it is 30%. Still, if we are looking at that, there is a significant difference in the growth rate. When we look at the breakdown of the types of consortia apprentices, from what I understand, there were 48 different types of consortia apprenticeships last year. It is really welcome, as I said, that there are alternative routes outside the CAO system for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: On the employee issue, the State is the biggest employer in the country. That is something we really need to get our heads around. That is not on SOLAS. It cannot tell the Government what to do but I think that is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Brownlee.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when a decision will issue, given that a review was expected in March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the volte-face in relation to stock management operations on Lough Corrib (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a DEIS school (details supplied) will receive funding for hot school meals; if so, when this will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18879/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1166 of 9 April 2024, what the community childcare subvention and the community childcare subvention plus programmes have been replaced with, and what the eligibility criteria is for a sponsor referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18780/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (30 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where applications in relation to the use of the dormant funds accounts to support those young care leavers seeking student accommodation can be made; the guidelines for applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (25 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the instances where Irish peacekeeping deployments were blocked at the UN Security Council level; the year this took place; the permanent member of the Security Council which issued the veto, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electrical, plumbing and carpentry apprentices who completed their course in 2023, broken down by the year in which they first registered for their course, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (25 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 754 of 16 April 2024, the specific legislation that his officials and those from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are looking to amend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18575/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 198 (24 Apr 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 7 February 2024, given that is has been three months, if he can please give an indication of when Solas will be in a position to provide a breakdown, by county, in tabular form, of the number of craft apprentices currently waiting for off the job training; and if he will make a statement on the...