Results 59,601-59,620 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for third and fourth-level students in the technical and academic sectors currently; his proposals to improve on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42839/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the number of students taking up fourth-level education can be encouraged into the technical area with increased emphasis on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42829/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects third and fourth-level courses to cater for the needs of students or postgraduates in the area of research with particular reference to the future requirements of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42831/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which innovative education at third or fourth-level can be expected to meet the challenges of the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42833/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role he sees for advancement in science in the technical and academic areas in the future with particular reference to identifying the need for a balanced third and fourth-level educational sector in line with the likely requirements of employment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42834/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the advancement of educational programmes to meet the scientific needs of the economy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42835/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an agreement has been reached with all third-level institutions in respect of the refund of the accommodation element of SUSI grants in which students could only opt for virtual class attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42836/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he is satisfied that the budget for his Department is adequate to meet the anticipated requirements throughout 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42840/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which reform of the CAO system is contemplated with a view to ensuring increased interest by students in courses in which an increase in the number of graduates is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42841/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proportion of students opting for third and fourth-level education on an annual basis over the past five years can be addressed in the future by ensuring an increase in third-level places most likely to impact positively on the availability of graduates where required most in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which participation in third-level education continues to be attractive to all students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which male and female students continued to be attracted in equal proportions to participation in the sciences; if a corrective measure or inducement is needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42844/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána, male and female; her plans to further increase the strength of the force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42809/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional places to be filled in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42811/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently available for duty at any given time throughout the towns and villages of north County Kildare; the extent to which these present levels of deployment are in accord with the demographics of the area; the plans to increase these numbers in line with the population changes; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Criminal Assets Bureau has achieved success against organised crime in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42815/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which recidivism is being confronted with particular reference to the number of cases in which repeated offences have occurred in respect of prisoners while on bail or on bail for more than one alleged crime; if further legislative changes are required to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed by prisoners while on temporary or short-term release in the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42817/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, men and women, respectively currently incarcerated; the extent to which cells are shared by two, three or more prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42818/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Security (10 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the smuggling of drugs into prisons has been curtailed; the ambitions for same in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42819/20]