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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Within the FET Sector, the Fund for Students with a Disability (FSD) is currently available to students pursuing PLC courses. The recently published the 2023 Annual Options Paper on the cost of higher education includes an option to extend the FSD across the Further Education and Training Sector. A costing of €5m has been estimated for this proposal which would be complemented by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Pre-Apprenticeship programmes are offered by Education and Training Boards (ETBs). While this is under the funding and strategic direction of SOLAS, the ETBs decide on the level and nature of pre-apprenticeship programmes, which is based on learner demand. In 2019 a three-year open call was issued for pre-apprenticeship programmes which commenced in 2020. Learner enrolments on these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: The Digital Inclusion Roadmap brings together work across Government to achieve digital inclusion through better skills, access and infrastructure. My Department's role in respect of the Roadmap is ensuring that adults have basic digital skills, including skills to use the internet for older people, should they wish to do so. The Adult Literacy for Life, or ALL Strategy is a crucial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise the procedure for a student who is unable to locate a secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: There are over 2,800 tutors employed across the 16 ETBs who are involved in delivering key programmes to learners within the Further Education and Training sector. A range of industrial relations issues regarding adult education tutors have been under discussion for a number of years and progress has been made in resolving key issues, including the introduction of a consistent formula for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Following discussions between the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, the Department of Education, which retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector, and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform a proposal in response to the recommendation of the Labour Court regarding Adult Education Tutors was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 5 July 2023, if she can provide an update (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application (details supplied) will be processed; the reason that this process takes so long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Naturalisation Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have their naturalisation application decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39825/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Visa Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39861/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: International Protection (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision (details supplied) will be reconsidered, given that the reasons cited for refusal are incorrect; if she will confirm with this Deputy that this case is being reviewed as a result of the information being furnished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 866. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise if a child (details supplied) can avail of the July Provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35353/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can furnish a person (details supplied) with all documents which prove that their late spouse opted out of the spouse's and children's pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 696. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the process to bring parity of pay and conditions of workers in section 38 and section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35027/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 13 June 2023, when a retired person (details supplied) will receive their FEMPI restoration of pay given that the target deadline has been missed; the reason such a delay is being experienced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied). [34679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (12 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 291. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34501/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2023)

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