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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I have only to add to what the Deputy said. This is directed towards Mr. Kenny. I do not want a reply, but what came across very clearly today from one of the witnesses was that when it comes to State examinations, pressure is already on the family, the student and parents. They then have to go through this. I have personal experience of this from a political point of view, like Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Teaching Council: Discussion (3 Jul 2024)

Paul Kehoe: In all that research and work that is going to be done, will the Teaching Council be consulting the stakeholders like the INTO, the ASTI, the TUI and the representatives of the teacher unions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Kehoe: With specific reference to primary schools, and the huge number of local primary schools based in parishes and villages, we have seen a huge number of local environmental groups that are all around sustainable energy goals in their own local communities. Can the witnesses see primary schools playing a part with their own local community leaders in that, and, if so, how do they see that...

Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (23 May 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister of State for her attendance on a Thursday evening. I recognise a huge amount of work has been done in this area. I acknowledge the work of the Minister of State and that of the Minister, Deputy Foley, in taking on a huge number of the recommendations we made in the committee report. It is heartening for me, as the Chair, and for the committee staff and members when a...

Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (23 May 2024)

Paul Kehoe: ...Education, Research, Innovation and Science entitled "Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 25th January, 2023. I am grateful to the House for providing the opportunity to debate this important motion on the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed). (21 May 2024)

Paul Kehoe: ...students can apply for their social security number well in advance of their arriving in the country. The Canadian model was mentioned at that meeting. Has any consideration been given to adopting a similar model in Ireland? Does the Department have any engagement with other stakeholders, such as the Departments of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Justice and Social Protection on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I would like to thank the witnesses for attending. The briefing has been informative and beneficial. It will add to the work we are doing here at the committee. I thank Mr. Ó Luain and the students. The presentation was very much appreciated. We will adjourn for five minutes and then resume for our second session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I do not want to harp on about it but ash dieback has been mentioned by every contributor here this evening and by the IFA well. I raised one point with the new president of the IFA on the issue of forestry implantation in general. If the Department did not hear his reply, I would ask Mr. Delany and his officials to listen to his reply. It was alarming for the first-time president to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: ...the Chairman and welcome the Minister and the Minister of State and their officials. The Minister of State spoke about confidence within the farming community who are considering planting. Like other members of the committee, I would have a different feel that farmers have no confidence in the Department at this time. I am not sure how the Minister of State can rebuild that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed). (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Kehoe: ...before the committee on a number of occasions. Apprenticeships are important and we can never promote them enough. We have visited a number of the new technological universities over the past 12 to 18 months. In our recent visit to Waterford to South East Technological University, SETU, on Friday, we learned they are doing fantastic work with apprenticeships, promoting them, educating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: The clerk has just told me we have the winner of Young Scientist of the Year 2023 coming in next week to speak on a social science project. In fairness, the committee has brought in a huge number of young people to have their voices heard like never before. We have 15- and 16-year-olds coming before the committee and it is so important to have their voices heard on a range of different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have two more questions, on which I ask Mr. Loftus to get back to the clerk. First, as part of our work in the committee, we make key recommendations on making mental health supports and therapeutic counselling services available on site. As Mr. Loftus is aware, this is an issue the Minister has spoken about for some time. It will require additional spaces in schools to which students...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: ...the same train of thought. The Deputy can butt in if she wants; I have no problem with that. Professor Downes said there was no shortage of counsellors yet a constituent rang me yesterday and told me the earliest session they can get for counselling is February of next year. Professor Downes said there was no shortage of counsellors. Will a lot of these counsellors be taken out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: When I visited Cork Life Centre along with members of the committee, I was struck by people’s various backgrounds, from working class and lower middle class to upper middle class. Every one of them was high class but they came from various backgrounds. Every child and student has various levels of confidence and various ways in which they are able to express themselves independently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Kehoe: The Minister mentioned DCU. I would like to compliment those in DCU, who have appeared before the committee, on the excellent work they do on the FUSE programme. I ruled somebody out of order for talking about school transport but I will ask that question when I am on my own-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Kehoe: We are going to visit one of the prisons. That will be beneficial for the whole committee to see. As I said to the earlier witnesses, if we can be of any assistance in progressing the witnesses' work, we would like to. I believe that the days of locking people up and throwing away the key is long gone. Education is a key enabler to get people out of the quagmire of criminality or such...

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important Bill. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Foley, and the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to the House to hear the very important views of all of the Members, both the Government and Opposition. Every Member in this House feels very strongly on the subject we are discussing here today. I have no doubt there is not a Deputy who has not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I have a couple of questions I would like to put to the witnesses. I will go to the students first and maybe Ms Murphy will come in afterwards. The committee has done a lot of module work on school bullying, including a report the witnesses might have seen, and on leaving certificate reform, as Senator O'Loughlin has mentioned. The issue that came forward in both modules of work was social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Paul Kehoe: The point has been missed that it is great to come up with a plan and everything like that, but we cannot build classrooms, educate teachers or create school places in three or four months over the summer. In my constituency, school staff are coming to me saying they cannot take any more people. The schools are bursting at the seams. Children who should be getting additional resources are...