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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to his forthcoming new Student Accommodation Strategy, if is he proposing the use of public private partnerships for the delivery of student accommodation by the technological universities; given the past criticism of PPPs from a value for money perspective, if his Department conducted a risk analysis; and if he will make a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister of State for being so readily available to come before the committee. I know that any time we have asked the Minister of State, he is willing and able to come in front of the committee. However, it is regrettable the senior Minister is not here. I have not seen before on Revised Estimates that the Minister is not available to answer in regard to his Department. I have...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Would the Minister of State not say that many of the universities are highly leveraged already?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Student Accommodation (30 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, year and the initial value of investments made in student accommodation related projects/funds/joint ventures since the Irish Strategic Investment Fund’s inception, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3768/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (30 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing developments that relate to purpose built student accommodation that have yet to be determined by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the full list of craft apprenticeships, along with the latest taught version of the syllabuses; the date it was first published; the date of last review by QQI, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3836/24]

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

Mairéad Farrell: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date his new Student Accommodation Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4071/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that the funds for the running of the WorldSkills Ireland event 2024 will be disbursed; if the limited time left runs the risk of the event not proceeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4072/24]

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

Mairéad Farrell: 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that the HEA will publish its supply and demand analysis for student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4073/24]

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

Mairéad Farrell: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 19 October 2023, where it was stated that "the total stock of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) equates to over 48,000 beds (Q2 2023)"; the source for this figure; the breakdown of publicly owned versus privately owned PBSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4261/24]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am very concerned about the escalating conflict in the Red Sea and the risk this could spill into a wider regional war. Every time we turn on the global news, we hear inflammatory rhetoric, with some political or military figure telling the audience we need to prepare for war with whoever is considered to be the supervillain at that time. Truthfully at this point, we have to ask ourselves...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I had requested to take some of my colleague, Deputy Clarke's time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus le chuile dhuine ón Roinn as teacht os comhair an choiste. We are pleased to have the Minister at committee. I forgot my glasses so I hope I will notice when the clock goes down to zero. This can in some sense follow on from the conversation we had last week as part of oral questions. I raised the fact that I felt this new student accommodation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay, so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I will get to the technological universities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fair if that is the Minister's point of view. I can only take from what I have seen. To be honest, with regard to this Department, I have never seen so many announcements. In my view-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Well, I am to a certain extent, because there have been occasions where I have heard what in my view was money being reannounced. On looking into it further, I have seen that had been announced two years running and had been within the base of the budgets at that time. In my view, when the Minister previously announced that 521 beds, I think it was irresponsible to reannounce them because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely.