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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response and congratulate him on the work being done in this area, which seems to be very progressive. Will he comment on incremental pay rates and career progression in this important sector? Many adult educators work with some quite vulnerable clients and students who need a lot of help and assistance to progress. In some instances, there is no...

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

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy and will make a couple of other observations. The cost of this deal have been estimated at €2.6 million assuming all tutors assimilate. However, the actual cost will be dependent on the numbers of tutors who opt to assimilate into the new grade. We have asked the ETBs to maintain records to facilitate the identification of the costs. The Deputy asked about the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Deputy Bruton has requested that I ask whether the Minister will comment on the potential for individualised learning paths that AI opens up and its impact on teaching and learning and the complications for assessment methods for distinguishing student knowledge from machine-generated content. It is a cause of huge concern in some third-level...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Deputy Stanton. The answer is "Yes". In my first response, I stated this was one of the greatest risks to the integrity of the third-level sector - and to the second-level sector to a degree - when it comes to ensuring what is submitted by the learner or the student is the work of the learner or the student rather than the work of somebody else. That is going to be very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Would the Minister agree this whole area is moving at an incredibly fast pace? Some of the very large companies are investing not millions but billions in the area and it has the potential to change everything as we know it. Will the Minister comment on the need to modernise the curriculum at third level to reflect the different skills people will need? Will he also address the serious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I should have said in my earlier response there are a number of courses that are already developed and in train through the higher and further education systems to see AI for a power of really positive good. It is the higher education institutions themselves, together with the Higher Education Authority, that develop the degree, postgraduate and masters courses. Through academic autonomy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Third Level Education

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Mairead Farrell: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for those students fleeing war from Gaza now studying in Irish institutions. [26570/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Mairead Farrell: We have seen huge solidarity with the people of Gaza across Ireland. We have also seen that solidarity in our universities at the likes of Trinity, UCD and UCC. We also have seen students who have fled Gaza and who are now studying in Irish institutions. That is extremely welcome and I am interested to learn what supports are available for them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Deputy Farrell for raising such an important issue. To reiterate the Government's position, it is imperative we all see an end to this brutal war. The Government continues to urge Israel and Hamas to accept and fulfil the three-phase proposal outlined by President Biden and endorsed by the UN Security Council. It is vital all parties work towards reviving a political process that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. How many are currently studying and being accommodated within the universities, if the Minister has that information available? I really welcome that these institutions have welcomed people who have been fleeing war with open arms. The concern that has been raised with me relates to what Deputy Stanton outlined about the costs for students who had not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The figures I have available show that at present, there are 35 Palestinian students registered with Irish universities in the academic year 2022-23. All are undertaking postgraduate studies, with a quarter in UCD. A question has been asked before about the different between the Palestinian students and the Ukrainian students. As the Deputy will be aware, the EU temporary protection...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Mairead Farrell: That is no problem. Obviously, I will bring any particular matters directly to the Minister because the aim here is to ensure people get what they need. I appreciate it is related to the temporary protection directive. It is unfortunate, of course, because we have seen hell unfold in Gaza but I take the Minister's point on board. When he has more information, I will be delighted to hear it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is no problem. I will arrange to do that.

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

Technological Universities

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

Mairead Farrell: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the technological universities’ new borrowing framework will be put in place. [26572/24]

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

Mairead Farrell: Will the Minister update us on the plans for putting in place a new borrowing framework for the technological universities? It has been a topic of conversation for some time - realistically since the TUs have come on stream. What is the update on this issue?

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

Mairead Farrell: For clarity, I was talking about the Minister's predecessor when I was talking about the hullabaloo. There was a massive hullabaloo regarding something related to student accommodation that came before Cabinet but there was nothing new in it. It sometimes takes a while to see behind the big hullabaloo of an announcement but I recognise that did not happen on the Minister's watch. It was...

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: I also welcome the Minister's earlier announcement in respect of legislation to ensure that students are not locked into 51-week leases. I also commend the USI on its serious campaigning on the matter. I was hoping to get a bit of clarification as to whether that will include digs accommodation. The USI's 2023 student digs survey included stark findings. Only 11% of students reported...

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

Thomas Gould: To follow on from the previous two speakers, there is a crisis in Cork regarding student accommodation and the affordability of such accommodation. That is why it is so important that the strategy is now delivered. I know the Minister is not long in the job but surely his predecessor had advanced this. It should be at a certain stage now. When will we have sight of it? It is a very...