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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Ministers and Ministers of State. I have just two or three brief questions. Under Vote 45, there is reference to PhDs funded by Science Foundation Ireland, SFI. The number of designated PhDs has decreased from 237 to 125. The years in question are 2018 and 2019. What was the reason for this decline? Is it as simple as fewer applications due to Covid? Is the impact of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. If the matter can be clarified further, I would appreciate it. My second point relates to the trend in the number of people who are studying on a part-time or flexible basis. Judging by these figures, the number increased by approximately 11% or 12% since 2017 and 2018. This is a trend that is likely to continue into the future. There is a progress review on the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister touched on my final question, which is the study relating to mature student participation in higher education. This is also due in 2021. Will the Minister clarify when it is due?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Deputy MacSharry will not be here to take his time, so he asked my colleagues and I to share it among us. I have four brief questions for the Minister and the Minister of State. On the issue of those in at-risk groups who it is hoped will be vaccinated in the coming weeks and months, if there a requirement for them to be vaccinated at home or in a safe environment, will provision made in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (11 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to centralising the website that advertises apprenticeship vacancies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13719/21]

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome both Ministers. Following on from Deputy Farrell's contribution, it is an exciting time to be part of a new Department. As a former teacher and educator, it is the apprenticeship side of things which really excites me. I think apprenticeships will finally get their long-overdue respect. They need to be a focus of the Government in rolling this out. I note the good work done by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for changes to the various SEAI schemes and grants available to private homeowners to make their homes more energy efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the interim report for school transport to be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for the implementation of section 37A of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by section 8 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; the factors that are taken into account in the decision-making process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 657. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); if this is happening in other playschools; the actions which can be taken for this family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by a group (details supplied) in relation to English language education here; the supports that have been made available to the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 766. To ask the Minister for Health when school transport escorts will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 848. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 958. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a family (details supplied); if consideration will be given to this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 959. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further information on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1045. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if recognition will be given to farmers who participate in either aerobic digestion or biomass processes, either on-site or at a larger off-site location for the reduction in their nitrates and phosphate emissions; if so, the way in which this will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13520/21]

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am going to be brief and allow the Minister one and a half minutes in which to respond to my question. Initially, it needs to be acknowledged that we are administering the vaccines as soon as they come in. That is lost here as Members play politics with the matter. Most of the vaccines that have arrived in the country have been distributed and are finding their way to patients. That...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Credit Guarantee Scheme (4 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made to banks under the €2 billion Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the short-term work payment for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12236/21]