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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 619, 620, 623, 624, 626 and 629 together. Our higher education system has expanded significantly over the past number of years, from 209,300 enrolments in 2014, to 246,299 enrolments in 2021/ 2022. The most recent projections of full-time enrolment in higher education predict that enrolments will rise a further 13% over the next decade, and work is ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department is strongly committed to supporting the health of the population through the provision of graduates with the key competencies and skills to be effective in the health workforce and support a range of clinical teams in our health services. In July, the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, and I jointly announced an additional 60 places in medicine programmes for this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: The Deputy will be aware that there are a number of Programme for Government (PfG) commitments aimed at addressing bullying, including a commitment to commission surveys of staff and students in the areas of harassment, sexual harassment, and bullying in higher education. Our higher education institutions have a duty of to ensure that staff and students have a safe environment to study and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: Access to Further and Higher Education continues to be a national priority for the Government and my Department. The fourth National Access Plan for Higher Education 2022-2028 was launched at the end of August and sets out our ambition for an inclusive, diverse higher education sector over the 7 year period. This Plan sets a high level of ambition for the higher education system in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (18 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: As part of Budget 2023 I have secured a significant cost of living package for third level students including a once-off €1,000 State financial support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes. Students attending courses outside the State are not eligible for the free fees schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department is strongly committed to supporting the health of the population through the provision of graduates with the key competencies and skills to be effective in the health workforce and support a range of clinical teams in our health services, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, psychology and physiotherapy. My officials are also actively engaging with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (18 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: Officials from my Department are actively engaged on an ongoing basis with the Department of Health, the HSE, the HEA and other relevant Health and Social Care Profession stakeholders to ensure that we can continue to deliver graduates with the skills necessary to support our healthcare system and support the strategic workforce planning by the health sector. The availability of appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Judicial Reviews (13 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science was established in August 2020. There have been no judicial reviews taken against the Department since its formation.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: As part of Budget 2023 I have secured a significant cost of living package for third level students including a once-off €1,000 state financial support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes. The once off €1,000 support relates specifically to the student contribution payable by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2023 (13 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: As part of Budget 2023 I have secured a significant cost of living package for third level students including a once-off €1,000 state financial support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes. The once off €1,000 support relates specifically to the student contribution payable by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: The awarding authority Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) does not have a record of an application by a student under the details provided by the Deputy. We require confirmation that the name provided by the Deputy is that of the student who made an application to SUSI and the SUSI W Reference Number for this student if available, in order to provide an answer.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: As part of Budget 2023 I have secured a significant cost of living package for third level students including a once-off €1,000 state financial support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes. Students attending part time courses are not eligible for the free fees schemes and therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: As part of Budget 2023 I have secured a significant cost of living package for third level students including a once-off €1,000 state financial support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes. Under my Department’s Free Fees schemes the Exchequer provides funding toward the tuition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: As part of Budget 2023 I have secured a significant cost of living package for third level students including a once-off €1,000 state financial support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes. Under my Department’s Free Fees schemes the Exchequer provides funding toward the tuition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: In addition to support from a number of policy units in my Department, the response to the needs of those seeking temporary protection is led by a Principal Officer (part-time), Assistant Principal Officer (full-time) and a Higher Executive Officer (full-time). While they have been mainly focussed on the matters associated with access to further and higher education, they also acted as a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: Following the decision by the college referred to by the Deputy to withdraw its Applied Social Care degree from consideration for approval by CORU, engagements have been ongoing between my Department's officials, the Department of Health, CORU, Quality and Qualifications Ireland and the college to work to identify alternative options for the affected students. The options available to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: The Estimates for Public Services 2023 were published as part of the Budget 2023 Expenditure report.The Higher Education allocation for 2023 includes an increase of Higher Education Funding in the amount of, €40 million, to address the sustainable funding of Higher Education as laid out in Funding the Future, including - Improved staffing and capacity building in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: The Estimates for Public Services 2023 were published as part of the Budget 2023 Expenditure report. The Higher Education allocation for 2023 includes an allocation of €21million towards Technological University development under the National Recovery & Resilience Plan Allocation (NRRP). The 2023 allocation is the year 2 allocation under the NRRP Priority Component 3: Social...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent student (i.e. assessed without reference to parental income and address) if he/she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Simon Harris: The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science's non-pay allocation as at Budget 2022 was €1,647.9 million (€1,488.6 million core funding and €159.3 million temporary funding) and not €1,612.2 million as shown on Chart 1(a), page 59 of Part II - Expenditure Allocations 2022publication which was printed in error. This figure...