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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Denise Mitchell: The Minister is still not giving them an answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----not only with questions on this but on many other priorities they want to see the Government make progress on. It is what we have done each year. We will need to do that now in the context of having normal budgets in a world that is becoming more uncertain and complex. We will need to look at how we can make improvements, budget by budget. That is why, as has always been the case, we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, 94 Palestinians were killed in Gaza. Forty-five of them were killed while waiting for aid from the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Today, so far, 87 people have been killed, and every day has a similar horrific number of casualties. In just one month, 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 4,200 have been wounded by Israeli fire near aid distribution sites. A...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Household Incomes (3 Jul 2025)

John McGuinness: Question Nos. 87 and 88 are grouped. There is not sufficient time left in the slot to deal with them so I propose to move to the next item which is Leaders' Questions. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Household Incomes (3 Jul 2025)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: The Minister's Government is all over the place on student fees. We have had the Minister for higher education, Deputy Lawless, clearly state on Sunday that without a cost-of-living package in the budget, college fees will go up by €1,000 in September. His position was then backed-up by the Taoiseach. Let us clear up this mess today. I have just one simple question for the Minister...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The brevity of the Deputy's question gives me a moment to outline what Government is already doing to help with student accommodation-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

(Interruptions).

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: One question. One answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and to make a difference to what we know is a huge cost for many families. The Government is clear in recognising education, particularly higher and further education, allows students to fulfil their potential and plays a vital role in the economic development of our country in creating jobs and culture that is the heart of the progress Ireland is making. Let me outline the supports...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Máire Devine: We heard that yesterday and the day before that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

John McGuinness: Quiet, please.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: At present, with the support the Government has made available through the Minister, Deputy Lawless, as well as the work of this Government and the previous one, one in three students did not pay a student contribution. At present, half of students, through the SUSI scheme available, are supported in costs for becoming students, which we know are difficult. The Government has adjusted the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Is it €2,000 or €3,000?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: Today, households with an income of up to €64,000 do not pay a student contribution. For those families who have more family members or a higher number of children, that ceiling is higher again. For post-graduate education, maintenance grants have been fully restored and a SUSI support is now available for the first time for those in hybrid or part-time education. That is what the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Martin Kenny: So, it is going to be €3,000.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy's question may have been brief-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Máire Devine: Is it €2,000 or €3,000?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Denise Mitchell: No answer.