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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: This issue was raised in the Dáil this week on Question Time, during which the Minister told the Deputy and others that the institute itself must make an application, after which we will do everything humanly possible at our end to make it happen. The Minister will, of course, meet with Oireachtas Members from County Louth, as he has indicated. I am available to travel to DkIT in the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: I spoke earlier about the apprenticeship action plan, of which members are well aware, and the targets contained therein. Our primary role is to support SOLAS, aided by the HEA and the ETBs in the role they play in the area of apprenticeships. In the case of almost every apprenticeship programme, there is a basic requirement that there cannot be an apprentice without an employer, who is the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: We will do so, if the Chair does not mind. Obviously, the TU project is a priority. That has advanced, thankfully, and it is the first for the region. The provision of a campus in Wexford is a priority for us all. We will get back to the Chair with an information note on where exactly we are.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: I referenced that in my earlier remarks. I am well aware of it. What I can say is TUS and the HEA have been engaged and we are pretty much near the end of the process. The final funding of which TUS seeks to avail is there, but the details of the drawdown are being finalised between the college authorities and the authority.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: The short answer to the question on the student assistance fund is "Yes". It has increased significantly. It is our firm intention to keep it at least at the level to which we have got it, if not increase it. The purpose or rationale behind it is to provide for exceptional circumstances. If that is for the provision of hardware or IT support for individual students, that is fine. How it...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: If any training facility, whether it is part of SOLAS, an ETB, or an independent stand-alone, approaches us through the channel of the Higher Education Authority with a demonstrable need or a viable proposal, that is judged on its merits.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: We will get SOLAS to revert directly to the Deputy.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: We will forward information to the Deputy after this meeting. He asked about skills. I have spoken to people in the regional skills fora, including regional skills managers. There is also the National Skills Council, which is the umbrella group that sits above them. All of that is guided by the national skills strategy that runs from 2016 to 2025. As part of that, which is what we would...

Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Referral to Joint Committee (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 29th November, 2021, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a licence will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that are open to him to deal with the concerns of many in respect of the rising costs of insurance for community centres; if he will consider the matter of public liability, employment liability and directors liability; if assurances will be given in relation to same given the importance of community centres to local communities; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the exceptional circumstances of a person (details supplied) will be considered; the actions that can be taken to address the Covid-19-related illness of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1224/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Undefined (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; the status of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1180/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 664. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department can confirm the travel status advice to Hong Kong on 19 December 2021 in view of the position of a person (details supplied) as per a request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2007/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the mock junior certificate fee is waived for a student (details supplied) with a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence in relation Covid-19 restrictions in special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to safety in schools during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the Teaching Council of Ireland to expedite an application (details supplied) in view of the shortage of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters raised in correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); the options that may be available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63625/21]