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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Student Accommodation

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made, or that will be made, to meet the full requirements of student accommodation adjacent to schools or colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27034/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the national student accommodation strategy; when an update will be published; the measures he is taking to ensure students from Meath who are unable to stay in the family home are able to find suitable accommodation at the beginning of the new academic year; the measures he is taking to ensure there is adequate supply of suitable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Regarding the accommodation information that may be available, have any universities or third level institutions been identified? For instance, Maynooth University has already been identified and has achieved some progress in that area. The previous Minister made that information available to the House. Does that apply to any other third level institutions?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 64 together. I am committed to progressing a new policy to provide State assistance to stimulate the development of new student accommodation. In April, the Taoiseach and I announced capital investment of €100 million from the national development plan windfall allocation for delivery of student accommodation projects. This enables the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: What is the degree to which it is anticipated the need can be met in full, insofar as is possible, given the information available about catchment areas of various colleges or universities?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: This is a significant issue in my county, Meath, particularly for people travelling from north Meath into Dublin, for example. Some people are lucky enough to be able to live at home but they are denied the independence of living away from home during their college years. The issue above all else, though there are others, such as transport connections, is the issue of affordability. What...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: There was capital investment in the past 12 months. I outlined it in the response that I gave. It came from the windfall. The current supply figures show that almost 15,000 beds have been completed since 2017. Of these, 1,500 were completed in 2023 alone. As I said a while ago with regard to costs, one of the most important things, which I hope the Deputy will welcome and support, is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Given the information that is available and the planning permission that has been taken up and is viable at this stage, if numbers can be calculated from that, what number will be available in the next academic year and in subsequent years, with a view to ensuring that we get before the problem before the problem accelerates and gets before us?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: It is just a statement of fact that there is nowhere near the necessary accommodation to meet demand. The accommodation that is available is not in any way affordable to people. The Minister talked about his experience of being in digs in the city of Cork. In my college experience in the city of Dublin 25 years ago, it was digs, private rented and shared accommodation, all on a maintenance...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Not to point out the obvious, but we do not own the accommodation. In most of the cases, it is private. In Dublin, for instance, at the end of May 2024, the data that the universities provided themselves, as well as for digs accommodation for Maynooth, shows that there were 140 rooms for Trinity, 228 rooms for UCD, 217 for DCU, and 174 for Maynooth. It behoves all Deputies to recognise the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy will be aware, there is currently no borrowing framework in place for the technological university sector. Housing for All contains a number of key actions relating to student accommodation, one of which involves the examination of a borrowing framework and financing options for the technological universities. The TU study is progressing in tandem with the standardised...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (25 Jun 2024)

Mairead Farrell: What I understand from what the Minister is saying is that TU proposals are coming in at the moment and there may be potential delivery in quarter 1 2025 or that will be when a decision will be made. I raised this matter earlier this year with the previous Minister, who is now Taoiseach, and he indicated to me there would be a change in the initial approach. Rather than having institutions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: All options, including but not limited to a borrowing framework, will be considered in this regard. I visited the Munster Technological University in Kerry last week to look at the science, technology, engineering and maths building that is in bundle 1 of the PPP. This is not exclusively about borrowing capacity. It is important to point out that direct Exchequer funding is being used by a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (25 Jun 2024)

Mairead Farrell: The point I am making is that there would have to be a review by the CSO and approval by Eurostat in order for technological universities to be able to borrow off-balance sheet. The premise of my question is whether that is currently in train rather than it being on-balance sheet. I am referring specifically to student accommodation because it was my understanding that Ts were promised at...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: PPPs have their place in the economy as well as direct Exchequer funding for capital works. In a previous role we would have discussed this topic at length. PPPs have their place and are important. The structure of them, how they are laid out, the impact they have in terms of cost for the service user, in this case the student for accommodation, and site acquisition are something that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

Adult Education Provision

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current situation with respect to employment contracts for adult educators; his future plans, if any, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I want to give the Minister of State an opportunity to inform the House with respect to the current situation regarding employment contracts for adult educators and whether he has any plans to review these contracts, improve on them and to make them more career-friendly. Will he outline what the future holds for this important sector?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

Niall Collins: A proposal was issued to staff representatives last year to establish a new grade of adult educator, with a standardised pay scale aligned with the Youthreach resource person scale. A number of issues arose in subsequent negotiations with staff representatives on the implementation of the proposal. These issues have since been resolved and agreement reached on a revised offer to tutors...