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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Sorca Clarke: I am giving my time to Deputy Mairéad Farrell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our witnesses for coming before the committee. I would also like to commend Mr. Ó Luain for doing this on a pro bono basis. It is important to acknowledge that. I learned from another statement from the people coming in later that we have around 128,000 language students in Ireland. Would that be about right, Mr. Ó Luain?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Obviously Mr. Ó Luain cannot speak for all language students, but I presume a significant majority of them have to work. Is that Mr. Ó Luain's assessment of the people they represent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: One of Mr. Ó Luain's concerns is that under the rules language students can only work for 20 hours. He would like to see that extended to 30 hours as is the case in some other European countries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Alves De Oliveira want to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Can I ask Mr. Nieto if, having worked here, he thinks 20 hours is sufficient or does a person need to work longer than 20 hours?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: When Mr. Nieto was a student, what percentage of his time was spent working? How many hours was he working?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: What about Mr. Karakayun? How did he manage to combine being a student and working, or did he?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. In terms of the working experience, did the witness find it difficult to survive when they were studying English?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for coming in. They are very welcome. It is really beneficial to hear their voices in the committee room. I have three very basic questions and answering them probably will not take that long. There was mention of little enforcement of the interim list of eligible programmes, ILEP, rules and that where transgressions by schools and their agents are identified, there...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Sorca Clarke: That is deeply concerning. The witness mentioned the Taoiseach. When our current Taoiseach was Minister for higher education, what action, if any, did he take to address the problems in the sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Sorca Clarke: My final question is for any of our guests who would like to answer it. Broadly speaking, if the witnesses could ask the Minister to make three immediate changes to benefit the sector, what would these be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)
Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the official response but he really cut to the chase in his closing comments. I have no issue with the welfare partners portal. Indeed, community employment scheme supervisors recognise it as a top-class piece of kit. The reality, however, is that a serious situation is evolving. There is an eminently sensible situation to the problem, which is...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024)
Ossian Smyth: I am aware of Abbeyshrule and the improvements that were made there through the community employment scheme. It is well known around the country. I appreciate the benefits of community employment schemes. I will take the specific issues the Deputy raised to the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, to see whether he has any specific knowledge of them. He may engage directly with the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 6.46 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 14 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at 6.46 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 May 2024.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (9 May 2024)
Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State for the new statistics showing that 362 licences have been issued, which is very positive. Recently a patient reached out to me who had applied for a ministerial licence. The Minister for Health will be very familiar with this case because I submitted a number of parliamentary questions on the matter. What has come to light is that because the consultant is...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (9 May 2024)
Mary Butler: As I stated earlier, the Department is currently establishing a clinical review group to review the publication to make recommendations to the Minister for Health. In response to an oral parliamentary question last week, he stated that he would be open to any expansion, if recommended, but that he would be entirely led by the clinicians in the group. The Deputy spoke about a specific...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024)
Community Employment Schemes