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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's comments on the leaving certificate are very fair. The leaving certificate has its successes and for certain professions and people who wish to go a certain way in life, it works extremely well. Even for those for whom it works well - students who do extremely well in it - the sense I get from many of them is that they wished they had been exposed to other skills....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: I can confirm that my officials have requested a copy of McHugh report on student nurse and midwife clinical placement allowances.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: I was delighted to launch the enhanced CAO website for the 2022 CAO application process on Friday 5th November 2021. A key goal of my Department is to enhance the visibility of further education and training, or FET, and apprenticeship options for school leavers. To progress this key goal, from 2022, school leavers will be able to explore options across the third level system, whether in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Details in relation to the number of enrolments in Law and Legal Studies courses in further education and training (FET) from 2017 - 2021 are attached. Please note this includes data up to the end of October 2021. Data in relation to enrolment figures for 2016 is being collated by SOLAS from each of the 16 Education and Training Boards and will issue to the Deputy shortly. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: This information is not held by my Department. The majority of our statistics on higher education enrolments are drawn from the Student Records System (SRS) of the HEA, and the basis of entry into higher education is not recorded on the SRS. In 2017/18, the most recent year for which this data is available, 7.3% of students entered higher education on the basis of a further education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The decision on eligibility for student grant assistance is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The information which the Deputy requested is currently being complied and will be forwarded to the Deputy's office directly by my officials in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Department for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is committed to the implementation of the Official Languages Act and provision of Irish-language services, and the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019 is of high importance to Ireland and the life of the language in this country. It will ensure that Irish speakers can interact with the Government and access...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI, provides grant assistance to students pursuing an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. It assists over 70,000 students annually to access third level education. The decision on eligibility for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The WWETB National NZEB Training Centre is the first facility in Europe to offer a suite of trade-specific NZEB courses. On-site retrofit programmes are currently provided in Waterford Wexford ETB, Laois Offaly ETB and Mount Lucas National Construction Training Centre. These training courses introduce participants to the legislative concepts required to meet the standards of NZEB in a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: As the deputy is aware, Government investment in Higher Education is not specifically allocated against a per student or average cost metric and state investment in the sector is not limited to the recurrent grant funding of institutions. In this regard, Government provides financial support to the higher education sector through direct recurrent grants, and indirectly through a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Project Ireland 2040 (9 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: While there are a number of cross-border projects in Project Ireland 2040 falling within my remit, a number of these including the investment in the Magee Campus and the all-island research hubs are currently being developed in partnership with relevant stakeholders in Northern Ireland, and as yet, costs have not yet being finalised. The Deputy will recall that along with the Taoiseach, I...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: I am pleased to open this debate to mark Science Week 2021 in Ireland. I thank the Business Committee for scheduling the debate and Deputy Naughten for suggesting it. We are debating science in the Dáil this week and it will be debated in the Seanad tomorrow, which I welcome. This week is about highlighting, in particular, the importance of science in regard to climate action, as...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. With regard to the residency criterion, in order to be eligible for a grant, a "student", as defined in Section...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science was established in June 2020. The table below details all advertising spend by the department from the establishment of the department to date. Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science spending on advertising The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: While the UK was afforded the opportunity under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement to remain part of the Erasmus programme, they chose not to. I have had discussions with the UK Secretary of State for Education and the Scottish Deputy First Minister on the question of student mobility, and the MoU on the Education Principles associated with the Common Travel Area protects mobility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Semi-State Bodies (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The following table outlines the HEA expenditure since 2016-2020 as requested by the Deputy. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 €’000s €’000s €’000s €’000s €’000s 9,344 8,901 10,775 11,768 11,039

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is available at the following link.  The numbers provided are those recorded on the HEA's Student Records System (SRS) and refer to first year enrolments and graduates from mental health nursing courses, by higher education institution. ">Mental Health Nursing Training

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: General provision in areas such as green skills and sustainability is ongoing across the Tertiary Education sector, delivering education and training programmes from short courses targeted to awareness building, upskilling and reskilling programmes and full and part-time academic and vocational programmes.  The courses listed in the attached are specific green skills and sustainability...