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

Student Accommodation

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

Mairead Farrell: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department’s new student accommodation strategy will be published. [26568/24]

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the national student accommodation policy, which is now overdue by a full year; if funding it is a priority for his Department in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26546/24]

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

Aindrias Moynihan: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is sufficient supply of student accommodation for third-level students for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26494/24]

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

Mairead Farrell: This issue is raised with me by students' unions quite a bit. They are wondering when the student accommodation strategy will be published. I understand they have been waiting for some time for this. It would be great to have sight of it and a date for when it will be published.

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56, 65 and 72 together. The first national student accommodation strategy was launched in July 2017. It runs until 2024. The officials in the Department and I are developing a new strategy for student accommodation, which will be published this year. The strategy will align with the long-term student accommodation policy and methodology, which were...

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

Mairead Farrell: What the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, wants at this stage is a date. The Minister mentioned it would be at some stage in 2024. I appreciate he is new in the role but this is something that was due to be published this year. When will it be published? The Minister mentioned the student accommodation policy. I remember when it was launched. There was a massive hullabaloo about...

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: Will I get to come in a second time on grouped questions or is it just once?

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

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy will get to come in twice.

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: Perfect. I also met with representatives from the USI. They have given us a number of briefings over the past two years or so. They pointed to the fact they have waited three years for the publication of the national student accommodation strategy. I also appreciate the Minister is new in the role, but I point to the fact this issue is damaging relationships between students and the...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I do not have a date. As soon as I have it, I will bring it to the attention of Deputies. I recognise this is an important issue, as does everybody on all sides of the House. That is why the Government has put the money it has into the sector for the universities I identified. It is the same reason, in last year's budget, we made substantial changes to the tax code in respect of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Niall Collins: In relation to the craft apprenticeship at ATU, I reiterate that phases 4 and 6 capacity for electrical apprenticeships has grown from 144 in the 2022-23 academic year to 384 this year. As I outlined, we are increasing capacity to deliver across electrical, refrigeration and metal fabrication at both Letterkenny and Killybegs. Since the start of this session, we have been discussing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Apprenticeship Programmes

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the urgent action that can be taken to entice young people to go into trades through apprenticeships (details supplied) given the deficit that exists; if placements will be made closer to home; and if additional night classes will be introduced locally to facilitate young people who are working. [27258/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask that urgent action be taken to ensure young people go into trades through apprenticeships given the deficit that exists. Will college placements be made available in a timely fashion and closer to home? Will additional night classes be introduced locally to facilitate young people who wish to go into the trades? There is an urgent need for blocklayers, plasterers, electricians,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Niall Collins: The number of apprentices in Ireland has grown significantly, from 17,800 in 2019 to over 27,000 today. However, our priority, consistent with the Deputy's question, is to make apprenticeships attractive for even more young people, given our skills and workforce needs under priority Government strategies. The Department's Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 aims to promote...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Problems exist with the college placements. For example, one young fellow from Glenflesk has to wait approximately 18 months for a college placement. He and others are finding this disheartening, resulting in some of them giving up on their course, moving jobs and even emigrating. Can something be done to speed up this waiting time, especially in view of the fact that the country is crying...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There is nothing wrong with Waterford.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Niall Collins: As I said in earlier exchanges with other Deputies, the Department is aware of the challenges and backlogs. We have put significant resources into dealing with the backlog, which is falling significantly. We will continue to work on that. I appreciate the Deputy's point regarding apprentices having to travel distances to training centres. We are working on this issue too and allocating...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I asked that question because I thought evening provision could help. It is a fact that these young fellas are giving up. I have even had employers on to me asking what is wrong and why college placements cannot be hurried on because this is delaying their apprenticeship and making their course way longer. Employers need apprentices. This fella in Glenflesk was told a month ago he will be...