Results 21-40 of 258 for cork speaker:Paul Kehoe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I have not checked the website but has the report that was published on it in May been amended to reflect the changes sought by Cork Life Centre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I have a great interest in Cork Life Centre even though I have nothing to gain from supporting it given it is not in my constituency or anything like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: When I visited Cork Life Centre along with members of the committee, I was struck by people’s various backgrounds, from working class and lower middle class to upper middle class. Every one of them was high class but they came from various backgrounds. Every child and student has various levels of confidence and various ways in which they are able to express themselves independently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Deputy Barry. Before I call the next speaker, I will comment along the same train of thought. Are there many centres similar to Cork Life Centre across the country? I am not sure of any of them. Do they have the same challenges as Cork Life Centre in losing staff? I am following a thread from Deputies Barry, Pádraig O'Sullivan and Ó Laoghaire. The centre lost staff at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Kehoe: ...Irish Prison Service, and Mr. Stephen O'Connor, organiser, City of Dublin Education and Training Board educational service to prisons, Mountjoy Prison, and Ms Lorraine Higgins, assistant principal, Cork Education and Training Board education service to prisons, both representing Education and Training Boards Ireland. The witnesses are here today to discuss the Ireland Prison Education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Kehoe: ...partnership and are able to get out on day visits to attend university. Would the IPEA like to see that in place? Are there other conversations ongoing with other universities, such as in Cork, Dublin or Limerick, about such an arrangement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: ...unit at the Department of Education on 12 May. Why was the joint committee not informed of the publication of the report? What are the Minster's intentions regarding sustainable funding at the Cork Life Centre as there is no funding model contained in the report? What is the rational behind the decision to only focus on 13 to 15-year-old students in the review? What plans are in place...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Members of the committee were invited to the Cork Life Centre and 90% of us visited. As Chair of the committee, I was delighted to lead the delegation. We were very impressed by the ongoing work by the principal and staff there. The Minister mentioned her ambition. I presume her ambition would be to be very supportive of the Cork Life Centre and similar centres throughout the country. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I was asked to put this question to the Minister by staff and pupils in the Cork Life Centre. If her diary allows, will she visit the Cork Life Centre to see the work going on there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: In the first part of our meeting, I received correspondence from Cork Life Centre to say that officials from the Department have not met representatives from the centre regarding the future of the school but that they have met to discuss social inclusion. I encourage the Minister to understand members' frustration regarding this matter and their interest in it. We ask the Minister's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: If the Minister's officials could engage with the Cork Life Centre, the members here would very much appreciate it. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for appearing before the committee. We have had a worthwhile discussion on both issues. We will suspend proceedings for two minutes while we wait for Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I know that, but I am asking specifically about the Cork Life Centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: ...and faculty into the south east. I know the Minister will continue to be committed to this project. Deputy Ó Cathasaigh referred to the lost generation who had to leave the south east to go to Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Maynooth or elsewhere for their education. There is an opportunity now for students to remain in the south east and to be educated, live and rear their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I agree with the Deputy. We visited the technological universities in Limerick and Cork. It was fantastic to have the opportunity to visit and see exactly what happens. We learned a huge amount from that visit. We can have as many witnesses in here as possible but it is important to actually visit these places and see what happens on the ground, as well as the challenges that those...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Paul Kehoe: ...should be a level playing pitch with regard to borrowing? I know technological universities can borrow for accommodation but, other than that, they are prohibited from doing so. We have visited Cork and Limerick, the Minister of State's own constituency, and absolutely fantastic work is being done. This is an issue that consistently came up when speaking to people in the institutes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Ryan Sharpe, a sixth-year student in the Cork Life Centre, Ms Amber Sheridan O'Callaghan, a past student of the centre, and Mr. Hugh Ahern, a student at the Patrician Academy, Mallow, County Cork. Mr. Ahern has appeared before the committee previously. The witnesses are here today to discuss leaving certificate reform with the committee. The format...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Mr. Sharpe is studying for the leaving certificate. I visited Cork Life Centre two weeks ago and therefore know exactly about the fantastic work being done there. What are the main stresses for Mr. Sharpe as he is preparing for his examinations? I said to Department officials this morning that I have fought five general elections. A general election is very stressful but I found the...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: ...am only going on hearsay, my understanding is it is a saliva test. We have time between now and Christmas, or up to the middle of December, to have pop-up test facilities across Dublin, Limerick, Cork and the bigger cities, which would be a very worthwhile project. People would get their email and when went into a restaurant would be able to say they had their antigen test in one of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have a few questions for the Minister of State. As I am sure he is aware, the committee did a field trip to the extended campuses of the institutes of technology in Limerick and Cork last week. An issue that came up in both cases was the lack of resources and spaces in respect of apprenticeships. Both colleges could take on significantly more students but do not have the space, teaching...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Paul Kehoe: ...have considered previously. I am interested in comments on that. It is one thing to say we will double the number of apprenticeships but we visited the technological university facilities at Cork and Limerick and people there spoke about pressures on those facilities. Much investment is needed in colleges if we are to double the number of apprenticeships and take a serious look at the...