Results 101-120 of 6,337 for speaker:James Lawless

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I will take some of the points the Deputy made in reverse order. I will try to answer them all in the minute I have.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I know how it works. I was on the Deputy's side of the table for a long time. It is hard to get it all in, but I will do my best. Twenty-five thousand euro is a lot more than €16,000, which was there previously. There has been a 37% increase in the past year or two. We heard people and we increased the stipend. I secured Cabinet approval for National Training Fund moneys to be...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: -----there is the fee piece as well, which should be noted. However, I get the importance of that sector. I intend to increase the number of PhD and postdoctoral students across the board and to have a big vehicle for funding the research ecosystem as a whole. That is something I am very much engaged on. On purpose-built student accommodation in Cork, there are some further initiatives...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I will not get involved in that one.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy for her ongoing interest. We have had a few exchanges in the Dáil, which I welcome. She touched on a few of these topics there as well. That is very useful. Digs accommodation is an important part of the package but it is only one option among others. It has a useful role to serve. On its regulation, there is a licence agreement, which is available and...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: We have had some discussions on the mental health piece. Did the Deputy ask me when the strategy would be available?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: It is not there yet. I will come back to the Deputy with a note on that, if that is okay. I do not have the detail with me today. There are a number of different mental health schemes within the colleges. Different supports are available. Some colleges have their own supports. A wider mechanism is available under some of the national schemes. We had an exchange previously about some...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy. I know he is interested in the shared island initiative, the Border regions, and Cavan in particular. The Deputy is a member of the Good Friday committee so will know the shared island fund now has a €1 billion budget going forward. There is an intention to develop an all-island apprenticeship strategy as part of that. I visited Queen's University and further...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: There is a degree of polemic there, which the Deputy is entitled to. He has a political view. I have a political view. They rarely coincide, although I hope we both support the investment in research, innovation and education at a broader level. However, I am not the Minister for housing. I work with him. I am part of the Government. We have a new proposal, which was introduced...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Sorry, through the Chair. I was not actually finished.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Okay.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: The Deputy can explain how he thinks it will work.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I am not going to get into a binary question with a yes-no answer with the Deputy because this is a plan that was introduced yesterday at high level, of which the details will be formulated in conjunction with other Ministers over the next number of months. I cannot put it more plainly than that.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: This is not Leaders' Questions. This is a committee exchange on higher education of which student accommodation is a part but it is not appropriate to have a robust engagement on a housing initiative that was launched yesterday by a different Minister.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Yes, of course.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Yes.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: We have a new scheme, introduced yesterday.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Sorry?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Yes, of course. It will come in to effect next March. We will work out the detail for every sector and, from my perspective, for the student accommodation sector between now and March, and hopefully a lot sooner.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: It would be extremely unhelpful and unwise for me to speculate about the future outworkings of a plan that is yet to be thrashed out in detail for my particular sector.