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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 440 together. The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet available from the HEA as they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441 and 442 together. The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet available from the HEA as they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 444 together. The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet available from the HEA as they are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 445 and 446 together. The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet available from the HEA as they are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 to 450, inclusive, together. The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet available from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 to 454, inclusive, 457 and 458 together. The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455 and 456 together. The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet available from the HEA as they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The cybersecurity sector is vital in underpinning and securing much of our modern society, and I recognise the importance of ensuring sufficient provision across the further and higher education sectors. The latest data from the HEA shows that, across the higher education sector, there were 35 courses available in cybersecurity in nine different State-funded universities in the 2022/23...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Over the last number of years, SETU have been working closely with Wexford County Council (WCC) to help identify an appropriate site for a permanent home for their Wexford Campus. As part of this engagement, a preferred site was identified. Following a lengthy negotiation process between WCC and the owner of this site, an agreement could not be reached on a price. WCC have since...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: 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. The delivery of healthcare programmes is complex and there is a requirement for suitable practice education placements to support expansion. Officials are working closely together to maximise expansion in the immediate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy will be aware that over the course of 2023, Cavan Monaghan ETB (CMETB) were supported by SOLAS in developing their Preliminary Business Case (PBC) proposal for Cavan town under the FET College of the Future Major Projects fund. The development of a robust PBC is fundamental to the requirements of the Infrastructure Guidelines. The proposal put forward by CMETB is one of twelve...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: That was a great result, was it not?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 429 together. REACT EU (Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe) is a €47.5bn initiative under the European Recovery Instrument, Next Generation EU, to respond to the impact of COVID-19 and prepare a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy. 80% of the total funding to be allocated across individual Member...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (10 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department does not currently produce specific projections regarding third level enrolments, by county or by Higher Education Institution. Further information regarding projections for higher education enrolment is available here: www.gov.ie/en/collection/projections/?referrer=http://www.ed ucation.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/projections/projection...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (10 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: This Government and I are committed to removing accommodation as a barrier to education. In November 2022, the Government approved the development of a new policy to provide State assistance to stimulate the development of new student accommodation for public higher education institutions (HEIs). This landmark policy response will, for the first time, see the State providing financial support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: An official from my Department has advised that the student outlined by the Deputy was refused grant assistance by SUSI in the 2023/2024 academic year due to income over the limit based on their 2022 household income calculation, which included holiday earnings and pension contribution deductions. The applicant submitted an internal review stating that illness benefit included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are differing arrangements in place with regard to personal assistants within higher education institutions (HEI's). These arrangements reflect the differing needs profiles of students within HEIs, with some directly employing personal assistants and others utilising third party providers. As autonomous institutions, HEIs are afforded the flexibility to identify the most appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department and its officials do not use ChatGPT or any other form of AI to generate official text for Dáil speeches or PQs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Equipment (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy is aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May 2018 and any personal data breaches, including loss or stolen laptops and mobile phones, since its introduction are dealt with under the regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. The Department is committed to the highest level of data protection for the personal data which it processes and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The parameters of a pilot part-time grant scheme are currently being finalised and I will announce the details in due course.