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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (22 Mar 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of all civil service training in his Department which is outsourced; the names of the private companies to which the outsourcing is procured from; the fees paid to each company in excess of €10,000 over each of the past three years; if he will list any courses and training procured abroad by senior civil servants in 2020, 2021 and 2022;...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...housing that recognise the difficulties and discrimination still faced by so many women, in particular. It is not just parents who are being failed. While there has been a welcome reduction in fees, there is a huge problem now for childcare and early years professionals. I met one young early years professional last week who told me she is forced to emigrate to Brisbane in Australia...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...and Youth the number of complaints received by Pobal in respect of reported breaches of core funding for both the underpayment of wages under the agreement, and the failure to implement a fee freeze for clients, in tabular form; the number of disputes which have been resolved for both the underpayment of wages under the agreement and failures to implement a fee freeze for clients; and the...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...that. It would be a disincentive to avail of it because they do not believe they would be able to financially survive on 70% of what they have. What comes with leaving such a situation are legal fees, counselling and accommodation, all of which are prohibitively expensive. Many of these women will be leaving with children which, obviously, increases the costs significantly. Women who...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Fees (14 Feb 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...much appreciate the comments of the Minister on the former Minister, Niamh Breathnach. I know her family will as well. One of the radical things she did as Minister for Education was to abolish fees, something from which I benefited, as did many of my colleagues and friends. The debate was lost over the previous 25 years when registration fees crept up. People are now spending...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (14 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students who previously sat a year on a different course were excluded from the €1,000 discount on third levels fees when they are subject to the same cost of living pressures as everyone else. [6939/23]

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...radical reforms in that space and inspired people like me to turn to politics. Probably Deputy Nash and I were afforded the opportunity to go to third level because of her radical abolition of fees at that time. I was inspired by what Niamh used to talk about in terms of her school life. It was similar to my own circumstances because, when it came to education, housing was...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: ..., to avoid encouraging more cases to be taken. A central part of the injustice is that it was clear that people who had the resources - personal capacity, money, agency or links - to challenge the fees had them quietly dropped whereas other people without the same personal capacity, money or links and who may have been in the same nursing home or even the same room continued to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...I thank you very much, a Chathaoirligh, for your tribute to the late Niamh Breathnach. Niamh left a tremendous legacy in this country as Minister for Education, not only due to the abolition of fees but especially for her introduction of the Breaking the Cycle programme for schools in disadvantaged communities. As a personal friend to me and many others in the Labour Party, she was an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Jan 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...to sit State examinations in 2023 and 2024 and will soon be making CAO applications and seeking SUSI support students will be treated as EU or Ukrainian citizens in the calculation of their college fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2914/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Freedom of Information (19 Jan 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...should be to publish as much information as possible. As part of that review and any new legislation that might be introduced, is the Minister considering, for example, reducing or abolishing the fees for retrieval of information? The fees can act as a deterrent for citizens who are seeking to access important information.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Jan 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...to cover parents of students who are paying for ‘digs’-type accommodation or ‘rent a room’ accommodation; if he will ensure that the parents of students studying in the EU and UK whose course fees are eligible for tax relief will also be entitled to tax relief for accommodation paid for these students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2407/23]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...of homelessness. We need more State action and urgent intervention to address the real and glaring problems with the childcare and early years education system. We need delivery of the promised reduction in fees for parents and a genuinely universal and publicly funded childcare system. We need the roll-out of free general practitioner, GP, care from the Department of Health,...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...lack appropriate school places, or any school places. Too many parents are unable to find an affordable home or a suitable childcare or early years place, with no sign of promised reductions in crèche fees and crèches closing. Too many workers remain on low and insecure pay or stuck in traffic jams without decent public transport options. As we face into winter, too many older...

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...the constituency who are affected by defective construction in their buildings and homes. Many are already out of pocket because they have expended money on remediation works, either personally or through fees to their owner management companies, and we should not forget that many more who have not spent that money yet are living in danger. A home should be a safe place. Housing is a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in ensuring that funding for sessional childcare facilities and those wholly reliant on ECCE fees will be restructured to provide for the continued viability of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62627/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...system and to call for a change in policy to ensure we no longer have the postcode lottery that so often determines the availability of places and their affordability. High, exorbitant and rising fees are a huge issue for many parents. Several parents have come to me to say they simply cannot afford a childcare place even where there is one available. Let us remember Ireland has the...

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Sherlock: ...a place for their future children; - that the cost of childcare is having a real impact on family formation decisions for some families; - that the introduction of core funding is a welcome step to lowering fees for parents and increasing wages for workers; however, there remain serious issues for many small ECCE providers within our communities; - that Ireland has the second highest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (7 Dec 2022)

Gerald Nash: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for not including third-level students who are repeating first year in the scheme whereby student fees were reduced by €1,000 as part of the Government's cost-of-living support package; if he will provide a costing for the 2022-2023 academic year; if students in this category were to be included in the measure; if he plans...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...towards building that model and the provision of core funding. I want to ask about one specific aspect. Last week, the Taoiseach said that the budget will support a reduction of 25% in childcare fees for parents. In reality, however, and certainly in Dublin, it looks as if the fee reduction parents are likely to see next year will not come close to 25%. Fees in Dublin are significantly...