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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: As the deputy will be aware, higher education institutions are autonomous bodies as set out in legislation and are responsible for the day-to-day management and operational affairs of the institution including the determination of postgraduate tuition fees.  The matter of fee rates is therefore an internal matter for Dublin City University. I am very aware of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme is a critical financial support for students participating in higher education.  As of last week, SUSI had received over 80,000 applications from students. To date, almost 56,000 applications have been assessed with over 49,000 assessed as eligible for support for the next academic year. As in any statutory scheme, a core principle is that there is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: This information is currently being collated by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and will be provided to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Programmes (13 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The 2014-2020 ESF Operational Programme was for €1,157m comprising ESF of €952.74m co-financed at 50% and Youth Employment Initiative of €204.4m co-financed at 66.6% by the EU.  All ESF activities, including YEI activities, are fully funded up-front by the Exchequer with the EU (ESF/YEI) funding being claimed in arrears.The Programme has been amended on a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: Inclusion is one of the core strategic goals for my Department. My ambition is to ensure that we provide supports and opportunities for learning to all. This means recognising the needs of vulnerable learners, the most marginalised and those with special and additional needs.  A range of supports and measures are in place for learners with disabilities; some of these supports...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The student contribution was introduced in higher education institutions with effect from the 2011/12 academic year and replaced the Student Services Charge.  While the student contribution now stands at €3,000, it is important to recognise that there has been no increase in the student contribution charge since 2014/15 and that currently in excess of 60,000 students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 and 539 together. There are various income thresholds used depending on the type of grant, family size etc. While SUSI has statistics on those students who have applied for grant support and can estimate with some degree of certainty, what impact changes to the thresholds might have for those students on lower income levels, the accuracy of its estimates...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science has not been directly engaged with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) but HEAnet, the Education sectors shared service network provider has attended several technical workshops with NBI over the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: My Department aims to provide its customers with a professional, efficient and courteous service and does not distinguish between unsolicited and solicited correspondence. A full statement of commitments contained within my Department’s Customer Charter can be found on gov.ie at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/045e7-customer-charter/ The Customer Charter underpins the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The Youthreach programme is a national programme of education and training for early school leavers. The Youthreach programme provides two years integrated education, training and work experience for unemployed early school leavers without any qualifications or vocational training, who are between 16 and 21 years of age. The programme offers participants the opportunity to identify and...