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- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 14:
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment agreed to.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 15:
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment agreed to.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 16:
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment agreed to.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 17:
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment agreed to.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 18:
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment agreed to.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Seanad amendments Nos. 19 to 30, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 19:
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Seanad amendment No. 19 amends section 9 to provide that where the Minister proposes exempted development regulations that are likely to affect the performance of a State authority, the Minister shall consult that State authority before making the regulations. The text as currently written has this as a discretionary consultation, however it is appropriate that any such consultation be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister and officials from the Department for coming before the committee. I welcome the €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee. What will happen to students and their families who paid the full amount prior to the announcement in the budget? Will they be reimbursed or will it be carried over? Do they have the option?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Do they have to apply for it or will it automatically be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: There was a good announcement in the budget about the increase in the stipend paid to PhD students. I think it is up to €25,000. When will that commence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Do they have to apply or is it automatically-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of the corporate and financial oversight of the higher education sector and technological universities, the Minister will be aware some third level institutions have got into difficulty over financial decisions. Are there plans to review oversight arrangements or is the Minister happy with them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Is the Minister satisfied the existing legislation can give effect to the financial oversight?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (9 Oct 2024)
Jim O'Callaghan: Grade inflation in the leaving certificate is primarily an issue for the Minister for Education but is the Minister concerned that in this and previous years we have seen students who got maximum points not able to get into the course of their choosing? Does he have any empathy for them? Is there anything he would like to see developed to ensure that does not happen in the future?