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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Under the Further Education and Training Act (2013), SOLAS has statutory responsibility for planning, funding and co-ordinating Further Education and Training (FET) in Ireland. My officials have referred your query to SOLAS where the information requested is presently being compiled. An answer will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: My Department has made significant changes in the further and higher education, research, innovation and science sectors since its establishment in 2020, and has since seen encouraging progress across these sectors over the past number of years.With 400,000 people enrolled in learning across further and higher education, the Department is responsible for a sizeable sector. Learning outcomes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Budget 2024 contains a package of measures to support households with the cost of living. These cost of living measures include the provision of one off funding that has allowed for a €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee for higher education students that are eligible for the Free Fees Initiative (FFI) in 2023/24. As the Deputy will be aware, the student contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: It is my intention to publish Ireland’s new international Talent and Innovation strategy, ‘Global Citizens 2030’ in January 2024. Global Citizens 2030 will be my Department's first International strategy which encompasses the breadth of tertiary education. It builds upon Ireland’s many achievements over the past decade and seeks to confirm Ireland as a first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Currency Circulation (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Higher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies and are responsible for their own day-to-day management and operational affairs, including the management of commercial arrangements and provision of services for students on campus. As such, they retain the right to determine their own policies and procedures. It should be noted that the regulation of commercial affairs and legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Significant engagement is ongoing between my Department, the Department of Health, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and the Department of Education to develop a joined-up approach to address system level demand in therapeutic disciplines and healthcare programmes. This year 460 additional places were created in health care related programmes including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 206 together. The Government is taking further steps to strengthen the regulation of the English language education sector in Ireland. The Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 contains provisions to provide for the establishment of a new national Learner Protection Fund and the International Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: The student referred to by the Deputy applied as an independent student to SUSI for the 2023/24 academic year and evidence of her independent residence for 2021 and 2022 was requested in a letter dated 7 July 2023. No supporting documents were received within the timeframe stipulated on the letter requesting same and as per letter to the applicant dated 18 October 2023, her application was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Budget 2024 contains a package of measures to support households with the cost of living. These cost of living measures include the provision of one off funding to reduce the student contribution fee payable by higher education students that are eligible for the free fees initiative (FFI), in academic year 2023/24, by €1,000. Net of students that avail of a 100% student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: The Deputy's office has clarified that the question is To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail in tabular form the number of students from each HEI that benefitted from the Student Assistance Fund for the 2022/2023 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. The number of students by HEI who benefitted from SAF for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Both Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council fund a number of research projects involving induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), which is common practice in life science research.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: The overall apprentice population, i.e. those persons that have taken up apprenticeship programmes but have not yet qualified, to end of November 2023 is 27,332. This can be broken down into 22,990 in Craft and 4,342 in Consortia-led programmes. In regard to the construction sector, there have been 5,409 apprenticeship registrations this year to the end of November. These are broken down on a...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: I have full confidence in my friend and colleague, the Minister, Deputy McEntee. I am proud of her and proud of her work. The Irish people wanted political leaders to stand united behind the gardaí, behind our Minister for Justice and against the thugs who set this city alight. The Minister wanted to park politics. She picked up the phone and offered that to the leader of the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: That is ironic.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: You knew him very well.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: No, you did not.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Sinn Féin called for her to be taken out.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: They are our communities.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: Why raise it then?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: We have the pictures. It is despicable.