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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Stations (16 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for his intervention. As a former student of NUI Galway, I know the city very well.This is of critical importance, and that is why officials from our Department met with the chief executive of Galway City Council when this issue was raised. We assured him that once a site is found and an application is brought forward, we will give it the attention it deserves. These...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Professor Eilionóir Flynn: On behalf of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway, I welcome this opportunity for engagement with the committee on the important subject of proposed amendments to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act. Our centre was among a coalition of organisations that campaigned for the Act to be introduced in 2015, as part of Ireland’s efforts...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

...behaviour and achieve a huge amount. One of our recommendations is the creation of an anonymous online reporting system modelled on the system introduced at third level and which is in place in NUI Galway and UCC. Similarly, we are creating an online portal, which is in development, where there will be resources for individuals who experience negative behaviour and for organisations to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (15 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...to COVID restrictions throughout 2021 and in the early part of 2022, I have not had the opportunity to meet the Ambassador of Mexico to Ireland in person during this time. I look forward to continuing to work closely with Mexico in the period ahead, on the many issues of shared importance to our two countries. Event Date Details Virtual event -...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...to make recommendations to me on how best we can achieve this commitment. Following this request, the Low Pay Commission commissioned a team of researchers in the National University of Ireland, NUI, Maynooth, to conduct research on the living wage. This research was to consider the policy, social and economic implications of a move to a living wage and the process by which Ireland could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

...learning childcare and schooling. Despite these substantial challenges, interest in remote working in the long term remains strong among employees. Research carried out in October 2020 by the NUI Galway Whitaker institute and the Western Development Commission found that 94% of participants would like to work remotely, at least some of the time, after the crisis. This figure is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Harris: ...level is available in the following table. The data is for the 2020/21 academic year, the latest available. Institution Level Course Enrolments NUI Galway Undergraduate Occupational Therapy 29 Trinity College Dublin Undergraduate Occupational Therapy 42 University...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Feb 2022)

Simon Harris: ...language therapy courses is available in the table below. The data is for the 2020/21 academic year, the latest available. Institution Course Enrolments NUI Galway Occupational Therapy 29 Trinity College Dublin Occupational Therapy 42 University College Cork Occupational Therapy ...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: ...to attract younger people, students and migrant workers for whom English is often not their first language. A recent survey undertaken by Unite the Union, along with research carried out by Dr. Deirdre Curran of NUI Galway, found that a significant number of workers simply do not know their employment rights. The Bill will have a beneficial impact for all these groups and will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Feb 2022)

Simon Harris: .... The figures for 2021 graduations and number of expected graduates in 2022 are not currently available. HEI Course Name 2018 2019 2020 NUI Galway M.B., B.CH., B.A.O. Degree 177 191 194 M.B., B.CH., B.A.O. Degree (ACMS) 5 1 NUI Galway Total ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Lead, Medical Devices, Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) - Ms Niamh O’Beirne - National Lead, Testing and Tracing HSE - Prof Martin Cormican - Professor of Bacteriology at NUI Galway and Consultant Microbiologist - Dr David Hanlon - National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead Primary Care, HSE - Dr Conor Teljeur - Chief Scientist, HIQA I wish to...

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Anne Rabbitte: ...be tolerated at any cost. While my colleagues work to bring forth legislation that will severely penalise abusive and threatening behaviour, we cannot do nothing. This is the fight of our lives. Programmes like in Seas Suas in NUI Galway can make a real difference if funded at third level. At its core, it is an empathy and bystander intervention and well-being training programme....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...tender document for the new PSO contract. The tender document will be published shortly with the new contract coming into effect in June 2022. €5,472.98 Review of the CLÁR Programme - Research Contract Agreement with Maynooth University In 2020 the Department engaged NUI Maynooth to undertake a review of the CLÁR Programme...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (Atógáil) (19 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...they live geographically with an Irish address is a very strong overture which has been achieved through language planning. There is a lot of co-operation based on that with regard to work with NUI Galway and Gaillimh le Gaeilge. It is about taking up more of the language, heritage and the embedded historical legacies from those geographical areas as well.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (16 Dec 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Bríd Smith: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to exams in NUI Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students are being forced to sit exams in venues without social distancing or ventilation; if his further attention has been drawn to the added stress and anxiety caused to students and staff that are fearful of catching and spreading the virus in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...different institutions have different scenarios, but we have institutions that are not using exam halls and others that are allowing up to 250 students into one exam room. I refer in particular to NUI Galway and its use of Leisureland. I would ask that an audit be undertaken of those facilities.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

...at which we again talked about the quality of interpreters. It has been talked about for years but we now need action. Of course, it should be developed with the universities. For example, NUI Galway has an interpreter course for European languages such as French and Spanish but not for the languages common among migrants.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (30 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: ...yesterday and what I saw of the research ecosystem in Maynooth and the real focus there on doing more in research and collaborating. I am encouraged by the meeting I had with the new president of NUI Maynooth yesterday, her management team and the discussions we had on collaboration with further education. I really want to see the education ecosystem in Kildare - the colleges of further...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Research Council in memory of the children who died in the institutions. These scholarships will cover research in the area of childhood disadvantage. My Department has commissioned a team based in NUI Galway to conduct research on language, terminology and representation, which aims to highlight the stigmatising and labelling language that has been used in the past and to provide...