Results 1,881-1,900 of 5,104 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 819. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are supports available for mortgage-holders who have lost income due to long-term illness or disability to help them stay in their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1021. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is his intention to organise work done by speech and language, OT and physio professionals who work with ASD classes around the class as a whole rather than individual students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan to regulate the psychology profession under CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 940 of 23 May 2023, if he will provide the full-and first-year cost to the Exchequer from the one-off reduction in the student contribution fee that was enacted in the academic year 2022/2023 as part of the cost-of-living response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the gap that was closed via Budget 2023, following his Future Funding in Higher Education report published in June 2022, in which a core funding gap of €307 million was identified and it stated that this would be closed with "additional investment over a number of budgets"; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 722 of 9 May 2023, the total number of craft and consortia apprenticeships currently in the system, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 19 May 2022, the number of on-campus student accommodation places or places in accommodation owned by institutes of higher education that have been added to the system in the past year; the steps being taken to increase the number of on-campus, institution-owned accommodation places; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with regard to the technological university development fund, the proposed successor to the technological university transformation (TUT) fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the technological universities' recent designation, and the requirement for successor funding for the necessary internal infrastructure and the need to maintain stable industrial relations at a critical time of change, this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the TUTF fund on 31 August 2023; the level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he intends the Committees of the Board, known as Councils, as part of the new national research agency referenced in the Research and Innovation Bill 2023, will operate; if they should be mandatory to ensure diversity of expertise and advice in relation to excellence in research and innovation and research priorities, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the issue of precarious employment in the university sector, he will be aware that the Employment Control framework managed by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Delivery Plan Development and Reform has been in place since the austerity period, and although reviewed annually as part of the estimates process, hinders...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I welcome the tabling of this question by Deputy Burke. We need to do everything in our power to expand the number of courses. What the Aire mentioned regarding placements is the crux of the issue and goes across the medical profession. It has been raised with me since I took on this brief. One issue that keeps coming to the fore relates to the fact the putting together of the placements...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to his new Research and Innovation Bill 2023, the reason there was no public consultation with the third-level research sector; and if he will meet with representatives as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill. [25330/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: My question relates to the new research and innovation Bill. I am aware that the Minister met with a wide range of academics on this topic. He will have heard their concerns, which they have also raised with me, that they feel no official public consultation took place in respect of the Bill. Will the Minister respond to that particular issue? Will he allow people with concerns to voice them?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I welcome what the Minister has said about the forum. Will the Minister provide a little detail as to how many people can participate? I am aware that the Minister has met stakeholders and is, of course, aware of some of the concerns that have been raised around the need for the Bill to set out that there will be parity of esteem between disciplines. That is completely understandable. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I wish to raise another issue. This is something with which I am sure the Minister will agree and relates to the statutory body that is going to be established under the Bill, namely, research and innovation Ireland. The Minister is probably aware that section 4 of Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 amends the Official Languages Act 2003 to the effect that the names and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: We can lead from the front.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank my namesake for raising this important question. It boils down to the issue of access to education and the barriers to same, including financial ones. We are now aware that the student accommodation crisis is acting as a another barrier. When I was involved in college politics, fees were a hot topic - they still are - in terms of being a barrier to accessing education. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister. That is interesting. I will do a bit more research on the financial support of apprentices. On the capacity issue, I have spoken to as many people as possible since taking on this role. From what I understand, some capacity is not being used. Perhaps the Minister could investigate that. Sometimes it is necessary to pop into the centres and seeing for oneself...