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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Mathematics Learning Support: Irish Mathematics Learning Support Network (7 Oct 2015)

Ciarán Cannon: I welcome the witnesses. Dr. Mac an Bhaird said that there are 22 tutors working in NUI Maynooth.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...from Galway where a significant medical devices and ICT cluster is emerging on the edge of the city. There is already excellent work being done by FÁS, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, and NUI Galway in responding to the unique skills required for that particular sector. One would expect that in Cork, pharmaceuticals would be a focus and in Dublin the focus would be on...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...other qualifications of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI. It is proposed that such degrees and other qualifications, where they are approved by the National University of Ireland, NUI, will be designated as degrees and qualifications of NUI for as long as the RCSI remains a recognised college of NUI. There is already a similar provision in the Universities Act for degrees...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: These amendments insert new sections before the existing section 37 and relate to the quality assurance relationship between designated awarding bodies, the universities NUI, DIT and RCSI, and their linked providers. The new section 37 provides that relevant designated awarding bodies may, having carried out a review of a linked provider, issue directions relating to the effectiveness and...

Written Answers — Skills Development: Skills Development (19 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ....ie. I also understand that the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD) provide a range of accredited programmes in the field of Training while the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) provides a Certificate in Training and Education - Year 1, Diploma in Arts (Training and Education) - Year 2, BA Degree in Arts (Training and Education) - Years 3 and 4. I further...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ...for a debate on housing. The issue has been extensively covered by the media over the past several days. A rather excellent "Frontline" programme on Monday night revealed extensive research by NUI Maynooth which conclusively proves the existence of 300,000 unoccupied units in this country. The programme included a strange contribution from the president of the Irish Planning Institute,...

Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ..., we need to be innovative in linking the two together in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Last weekend Dr. Alan Ahearne, chief financial adviser to the Minister for Finance, in a lecture at NUI Galway indicated approximately €19 billion of loans would be transferred to NAMA next month, with the remainder to be transferred by the end of September. He said that when the risky...