Results 201-220 of 383 for speaker:Maeve O'Connell

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department, particularly the skills policy and enterprise engagement unit in the creation of a career guidance and information portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department and update on the launch date for the proposal currently under development on a pilot scheme to incentivise SMEs to participate in lifelong learning, which had previously been expected to be launched at the end of Q1 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of officials within his Department towards developing a successor to Technology 2022, the third action plan for technology specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department in implementing the spotlight actions published by his Department's strategic policy Unit in 2022. [27307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of institutions that have been the subject of statutory processes by the Higher Education Authority under the HEA Act 2022, in tabular form; and if any institution has been the subject of such processes on multiple occasions. [27308/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Higher Education Policy and Reform Unit within his Department have yet split into two separate units as planned in 2025. [27310/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department on the implementation of the National Access Plan 2022 - 2028. [27311/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to update on the progress of the disabilities pilot project in Further and Higher Education, as provided for in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 880. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on if a support team has been created to ensure the completion of the disability pilot project. [27313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report if the midterm review of the national access plan 2022 – 2028 has commenced. [27314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 883. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department to further extend the ceiling of core-funded posts in Higher Education with regard to the 2011 employment control framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to update on the expansion of the part-time pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department in advancing technological university reforms. [27318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 887. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report if his Department has clarified if approval has been secured for the recruitment of senior management teams of Technological Universities following the submission of detailed business cases by Munster Technological University, Atlantic Technological University, Technological University of the Shannon and Southeast Technological...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 891. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department in the development of a career model framework (including the introduction of professorships) and attendant employment contracts following the findings of the 2022 OECD Report. [27357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 886. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of the higher education strategy 2025+. [27319/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 888. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department to establish a consistent process for prioritisation and advancement of requests to expand provision in key areas of public sector workforce planning for critical skills. [27321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 889. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work by officials within his Department's corporate services to reduce the reliance on the Department of Education and expand the number of processes performed in house across a range of functions. [27355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 890. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department on the implementation of the housing for all communications plan; and if a review has taken place regarding the success of this work. [27356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (27 May 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 892. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progression of the historic sectoral pension pay scheme with the University of Limerick, following recommendations of a report produced by the Department of Education in 2022. [27358/25]