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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...for mentioning the active consent programme led by Dr. Pádraig Mac Neela and an incredible team of people in Galway; similarly, I acknowledge Professor Louise Crowley in University College Cork with the bystander programme which the Cathaoirleach also referenced. There are people who have been champions for years before others were talking about this at all. What we are now doing as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (23 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...currently taking part in these projects: Dublin City University, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Munster Technological University, Technological University Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Dublin, University of Galway, University of Limerick and University of Maynooth. In monetary value, these projects represent roughly 2% of the total drawdown...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...was measured in decibels, you would win the contest every time, but we do not need to shout and roar at each other. You asked me a question and I am going to answer it. You might listen. In the Cork training centre alone, there are 484 apprentices. In Munster Technological University, which is in Cork, there are 160. In Mallow College of Further Education, there are many multiples of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: No, hang on. You cannot stand up in Dáil Éireann as a representative of the people of Cork and tell them there are only a certain number of people in a programme when there are not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: Today, I will send the Deputy the number of apprentices in Cork. I will send it to him. I will send it to the Ceann Comhairle and we can all tell the truth in this place.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I will do that for Deputy Gould today. I will acknowledge the number of apprentices that are in Cork, or for anyone else who wants the figures relating to their constituency. There are more than ever before in this country. There are more than ever before. These are record numbers. There is an issue with waiting times, which is what this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: I particularly thank Deputy Burke for arranging the very useful meeting that I had recently in regard to the SOLAS and ETB provision in Bishopstown, Cork. I found it very insightful to hear from people on the front line and thank those people working on the provision of apprenticeships for that work. Apprenticeship waiting times refer to individuals and the length of time that they are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: I?have not been made aware of any plans to develop a new campus on the north side of Cork city. However, my Department works collaboratively with all Higher Education Institutions and Education and Training Boards on the?development?of capital projects in line with their?established masterplans. Off-the-job training for apprenticeship is delivered in a number of different ways according...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: At the end of December 2023, there was a live population of 212 apprentices at Phase 7 of their programmes in the Cork Educational Training Board area. Further detail is provided by apprenticeship programme in the attached table.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...partnership with School of Religion, Theology, & Peace Studies) St Nicholas Montessori College - Erasmus student and staff mobility with the Gordon Academic College of Education University College Cork - Horizon Europe multi-partner research grants and academic co-authorships. University College Dublin (UCD) - Research project with Tel Aviv University and academic mobility of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...2023. This included five places on the Radiation Therapy programme in Trinity College Dublin I met with Deputy Burke and representatives from the Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork Radiation Therapy programme as well as Radiation Therapy Professionals on 25th October 2023. The proposal received from Trinity College Dublin at that meeting has been passed to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...of students University of Limerick 147 University College Dublin 404 Trinity College Dublin 311 University College Cork 219 University of Galway 190 Maynooth University 92 Dublin City University 179 Royal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (17 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ....TU Dublin has the TU Dublin Foundation and the accounts of the foundation are included in the TU Dublin financial statements.MTU has two wholly owned subsidiary foundation companies, one from Cork Institute of Technology and the other from the Institute of Technology Tralee. The first question asked by the Deputy was: To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...Region Registrations Cavan & Monaghan ETB 13 City of Dublin ETB 9 Cork ETB 12 Donegal ETB 1 Dublin & Dun Laoghiare ETB 5 Galway & Roscommon ETB 2 Kildare & Wicklow...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...opportunities to travel across Europe and elsewhere, it is important to state that an estimated 20% of mobilities undertaken by students from Northern Ireland, are internships in workplaces in mainly Dublin and Cork.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...opportunities to travel across Europe and elsewhere, it is important to state that an estimated 20% of mobilities undertaken by students from Northern Ireland, are internships in workplaces in mainly Dublin and Cork.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 Trinity College Dublin Dental Science 220 225 230 235 235 University College Cork Dentistry 185 175 185 190 210 University College Cork Dentistry (Graduate Entry) 60 70 80 80 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: I have not been made aware of any plans to develop a new campus on the north side of Cork city. However, my Department is willing to work collaboratively with all higher education institutions and Education and Training Boards on the development of capital projects in line with their established masterplans. My Department is currently supporting a number of key ongoing major capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: I am pleased to provide the Deputy with the requested table outlining the number of craft apprentices by phase in the Cork region, as of the end of November 2023, is attached. The table also breaks down the numbers by craft programme. As you will see in the table, as of 30 November 2023, the Cork region has a total craft apprentice population of 2,744. This consists of 1,108 apprentices at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...-professionals/education/appro ved-qualifications/speech-and-language-therapists/ This list includes three undergraduate courses in Trinity College Dublin, University Galway and University College Cork and a postgraduate programme in University of Limerick. The number of enrolments for the last five years, sourced from the Student Records System in the HEA is in the table below. ...