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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome the fact the Minister is talking about dealing with some of the inadequacies that exist in the SUSI Act. I wonder how the parameters of some of the supports will work for these students, which is something we have to look at. We are talking about fairness across the board and ensuring as many people as possible can engage with regard to disabilities. When I spoke to those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There is a piece that needs to be done even beyond the Minister's Department in the sense of engaging with those in the Department of Social Protection with regard to working towards having people with disabilities engage with business and industry, which is a necessity. The Minister would be shocked if I did not bring up the case we have been dealing with for a long time and that he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to include courses for adults with intellectual disabilities such as the level 3 certificate in skills for independent living at Dundalk IT under the SUSI grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8724/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Are there any plans to include in the SUSI grant scheme courses for adults with intellectual disabilities, such as the level 3 certificate in skills for independent living which I was lucky enough to visit in Dundalk Institute of Technology recently? Obviously that is one of the courses included in the new funding streams for educational disability, which is very welcome. It is a very...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister and her officials for coming before the committee. I hope I will not repeat a huge amount, and we have obviously been through a fair amount already. Can I get some clarity about the times we are talking about on Thursday? Who exactly did Siún Ní Raghallaigh contact? Can the Minister give an outline of what happened throughout the day until “Prime...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Did she did not say how she had done that? Was she not asked how she gave incorrect information?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Did your assistant secretary tell you at approximately 11 a.m.?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Right, okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I get that. We have a limited amount of time, so could we go through this quickly?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: What exactly were you going to write to state?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: She stated that she believed that she may have told the Secretary General at that stage exactly how this process was going to work. Did this conversation occur at approximately 2.15 p.m.?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: You were told about this at 2.15 p.m. At that stage, as far as you know, if Siún Ní Raghallaigh is sent a letter that speaks of your disappointment - which is basically a telling-off - she will be resigning. Is that the case?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The chair rang the Secretary General at approximately 2.30 p.m.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Right. At approximately 2.30 p.m. you became aware that if the letter was sent, as far as she is concerned-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: A lack of confidence and disappointment. Also, this information is likely to come out in a freedom of information request at a later stage anyway. You are aware of that. After 2.30 p.m. was there any further correspondence between your Department or anyone else with Siún Ní Raghallaigh?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: What happened in that phone conversation?