Results 541-560 of 645 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the number of students qualified in the craft apprenticeship program wood manufacturing and finishing in 2024 and 2025; for a breakdown of funding costs of this program for both years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who qualified in the craft apprenticeship program of carpentry and joinery in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Qualifications (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has reduced the points on the health professions admission test required for studying medicine (HPAT) from 300 to 150 points, and for the Leaving Certificate points from 565 to 625; the supports available for those unable to afford to pay privately up to €675 for a ten-week HPAT course; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no capital funding was allocated in 2025 for the Technological University of the Shannon compared with the previous year when there was an allocation of €10,195,462.18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no capital funding was allocated for Southeast Technological University in 2025 compared to 2024 when €8,536,167.02 was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was a significant decrease in capital funding for Atlantic Technological University from €20,128,416.48 in 2024 to just €752,300.00 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41808/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was a significant decrease in capital funding for Munster Technological University of €6,076,595.51 in 2025 compared to €11,118,095.28 in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress that has been achieved to date on the development of College of the Future for Cavan Institute. [42802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital works projects within his Department that were funded by the EU in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the amount of funding received per project, in tabular form. [42803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Work Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Youthreach centres in Dublin; and the number of students attending each of those centres, in tabular form. [42804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts since his appointment, in tabular form. [42805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing SUSI by 20% adjacent and non-adjacent over two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the breakdown of the funding for the future funding of €23.6 million announced at the beginning of the year to fund and support 23 research projects focused on AI, healthcare, agriculture, energy and transport, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) to enable skills development, to list what these skills are and the cost for each skill, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) specifically for the research sector including what the increase in the PhD stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the apprenticeship budget of €54.2m which was allocated from 2021 to 2023 to SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority to facilitate additional craft places; if he will provide details on specifically what these additional places are across the system, the amount each craft place will cost, in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of his Department’s annual funding of €900,000 to support the expansion of the Irish language by students and staff in HEI’s for 2024 and 2025, specifically the amount allocated as block grants per institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the annual funding of €1.8 million from the HEA for the development of Acadamh na hOllscolaiochta Gaeilge at University of Galway for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to extend the SUSI grant system for postgraduate fee contribution of €5,000 for qualifying students for the upcoming academic year 2025/2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 687. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review the age restriction on CAR t-cell therapy here, despite it having no such restrictions in other states, to allow a patient (details supplied) to access this potentially lifesaving treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50390/25]