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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste. As I said earlier when the Department of Education's representatives were here, this is my first time being on this committee when this report has come out. I have been on the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach and I find these reports quite interesting and helpful. It is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: I know the target is for the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships and that the report tells us the number that has been delivered. However, I am worried that we may not be meeting the targets for those types of apprenticeships that will assist in solving the housing crisis. I hope the witnesses will correct me if I am wrong on that. On the targets for these groups, am I correct...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: I am sorry; I asked about 2016.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: I just ask so that we can use this information regarding targets and delivery. Can the Department confirm whether the targets were reached in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: The actual delivery, in terms of the-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: To 2019. From 2020, it was a registration of 10,000, was it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: Did we fail to hit those targets in 2020, 2021 or 2022?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: We did not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: Obviously, 2023 is not yet finished, but are we on track to hit the target of 10,000?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: To meet the target of 10,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: Okay. How much is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: What is the target for new registrations in 2024?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: That will be interesting to see. If we can get further detail on it, that would be helpful. I have concerns regarding the backlog. I asked the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, in the Dáil last week about the current backlog in those awaiting training. He stated that at phase 2 there were 7,096 apprentices waiting, of whom 5,194 were waiting longer than six months. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: That is good. I am asking these questions because I was finding it difficult to get the breakdown through submitting parliamentary questions. It made it more difficult to get all the information. I realise this is a one-page summary and obviously the Department is considering far more than that but, given there is a housing crisis, it would be worth looking at the backlog and the different...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: That is okay. That is fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: That is fair. I ask Mr. Howard to explain it further. What was the cut-off? When would they-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: I ask Mr. Howard to touch on the issue of conditionality, which is of interest to me. I am still learning in this brief. How does it work in terms of funding in general? What kind of conditionality can there be? What bacanna or stops are there in the context of conditionality? It would be interesting for those of us who are not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: It could be in general. It could be any kind of funding, depending on the background. I referred to the example of graduate-entry medicine, the funding for which is increasing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: -----every year, which is welcome. The problem is that the fees for those who are trying to study graduate-entry medicine are increasing as well. Is it possible to put conditionalities in place? How does it work? Obviously, the institutions are independent. I get that. I am trying to figure out what kind of conditionality can be put on funding. Is it impossible for that to be done?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Mairéad Farrell: I get that, yes.