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Additional places
“Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of adding an additional 1,000 level 8 places at third level …” (more)...
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Students gather outside Dáil as Varadkar says govt ‘very much aware’ of...
“Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the government is ‘very much aware’ of the crisis in student accommodation and that it is working to prevent purpose-built student apartments being used for tourists. A...
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Dáil hears student nurse had to shower man after his toe fell off
“A student nurse had to help an elderly patient shower after his toe fell off, the Dáil has heard. As the TD’s debated the motion of pay for student nurses and midwives, Sinn Féin TD for Kildare,...
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Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements
“Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael): With the agreement of the House, I will share my time with the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins. I welcome the opportunity to update the House on the impact...
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Postgraduate Students – Unpaid teaching
“Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice of postgraduate students being expected to do unpaid teaching hours …” (more) [Dáil...
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Student Nurses
“Paul Murphy, RISE TD for Dublin South West, reacts to the defeat of a motion calling for student nurses and midwives to be paid for the work they do on placement in hospitals …” (mp3) [RTÉ –...
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Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science:...
“Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael): I very much welcome the opportunity to update the House on some of the work of the new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science...
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Third Level Staff – Precarity
“Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the use of postgraduates in precarious positions for teaching and...
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Third Level Admissions – Leaving Certificate 2019
“Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that have taken a gap year from their studies following the leaving certificate 2019 will receive...
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Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court...
“Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael): I move: ‘That the Bill be now read a Second Time’. It is a great pleasure to present to the House the Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary,...
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Spring Exchanges ‘Proceeding As Planned’ For UCD Students – Subject to Review
“University College Dublin (UCD) cancelled their outgoing exchanges for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic year on May 15th due to uncertainty as to when international travel restrictions...
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Erasmus+ Programme
“Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request and urge UCD to revoke the cancellation of all outgoing Erasmus arrangements for 2020 in...
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Student Universal Support Ireland – Coronavirus
“Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if amendments will be made to the requirement to submit payslips for work done by a student applying for a grant to...
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Languages Programme
“Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent EUROSTAT report (details supplied) showing that Ireland has the second...
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Temporary Contracts in Trinity Raise Questions Over University Autonomy
“The dispute between Trinity and its support and service staff rumbles on, with SIPTU and Unite currently considering their options for further action and the issue gathering momentum. This week the...
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Trinity College Dublin – Promotion for non-academic staff
“Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed with management of Trinity College Dublin proposals to freeze promotions for...
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Student fees plan is ‘an attack on the right to education’
“A proposed increase in third-level fees to more than €4,000 a year would deter people from poorer backgrounds from attending college, critics have said. Responding to the recommended increase in a...
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Third Level Funding – Basic Research in Science
“Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the open letter from over 900 scientists to the Government (details supplied); her plans for the successor to the strategy...
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Third Level Facilities – Student Accommodation
“Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for student accommodation; her discussions with third level institutions on the issue of student accommodation; and if she will...
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Third Level Staff Remuneration – Casualisation
“Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the high rates of casualisation and low rates of pay in the third level sector for casual academics; and her plans to...
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