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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2022 (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Table below outlines selected measures in budget 2022 relevant to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Estimate Options Description Amount Skills Development 6,000 Skillnet places and 1,600 Skills to Advance places in key skills areas of the economy €9m Skills and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The current quota for EU entrants (including Irish entrants) to medicine stands at 708, divided between undergraduate entry (468) and graduate entry (240). The places made available each year to non-EU entrants are a matter for the universities and their medical schools. Information on first year enrolments in medicine by domicile and institution in 2020 - the most recent year for which data...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Assistance Fund (SAF) provides financial assistance to students experiencing financial difficulties while attending third level. Students can be assisted towards costs such as rent, childcare costs, transport costs and books/class materials. Students on full or part-time courses leading to a higher education award (NQF level 6-10) in the universities, institutes of technology and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI, provides grant assistance to students pursuing an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. It assists over 70,000 students annually to access third level education. The changes to the Student Grant Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The number of full-time and part-time enrolments in state-funded higher education institutions between 2016 and 2020 are in the table below. Academic Year Full-Time Part-Time Total 2016/2017 180,610 37,633 218,243 2017/2018 183,642 40,101 223,743 2018/2019 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Students do not receive recurrent grant funding from the Exchequer, the Department of Education, the Department of Higher Education, Research, Innovation or Science or the HEA. Recurrent grant funding is for the running cost of approved institutions. Student financial support is mainly provided through the Student Grant Scheme and the Student Assistance Funding and other targeted student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The allocation to the Student Assistance Fund for the years 2016 to 2021 is shown in the attached table. The baseline funding allocation for the Student Assistance Fund is €8.1m. An additional €1 million of ring-fenced core funding was allocated in 2017 for the support of part-time students who are lone parents or members of the other access target groups identified in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The principal support provided by my Department in financial terms is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The decision on eligibility for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI, provides grant assistance to students pursuing an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. It assists over 70,000 students annually to access third level education. In the context of Budget 2022 as the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI, provides grant assistance to students pursuing an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. It assists over 70,000 students annually to access third level education. In the context of Budget 2022 as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Safe Pass training is delivered by SOLAS Approved Training Organisations and tutors. Safe Pass approved tutors are registered on the SOLAS training register and are authorised to organise and deliver Safe Pass training in keeping with SOLAS standards and are not contracted to SOLAS. All Safe Pass tutors operate as an independent and separate legal entity. Tutors set their own rate for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Irish Universities have autonomy to borrow in their own name within a framework to be agreed with the HEA, the Dept of Finance and Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform. Section 38 of the Universities Act, 1997 states that: ( 1) A university may borrow money by means of bank overdraft or otherwise and may guarantee or underwrite a loan taken or borrowing undertaken by a person or a body of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: A person who is parenting alone and in receipt of certain payments from the Department of Social Protection may take part in a second-or third-level education course and get a Back to Education Allowance (BTEA). The recommendation referenced by the Deputy refers to making BTEA and the SUSI maintenance grant payable together to lone parents who are undertaking an educational or training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: Higher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006, and the Technological Universities Act 2018. As such, they are entitled to determine the number of places offered in a course under any particular entry route, including places for mature students and it is not within my remit to determine how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: I understand that this is a very difficult time for students seeking to secure accommodation. The Government recognises this as a critical issue and as a country, we need to dramatically increase the supply of all types of housing and accommodation, including student accommodation. The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future contained a commitment to work with higher education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The Power2Progress is an initiative supported by Zurich Ireland and UCD who are working together on this joint initiative. It is targeted at 700 students in 21 DEIS schools across Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and Wexford and seeks to introduce second level students to the potential of Higher Education and the work environment. My Department does not provide funding to this programme.Funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: SUSI grant funding is available for approved undergraduate courses in approved higher education institutions within the EU. No maintenance funding is available for postgraduate courses outside of Ireland. Some high end courses abroad have an integrated undergraduate and postgraduate element. For these courses, SUSI may issue maintenance grants during the undergraduate element of the course...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The funding allocations under the co-funded Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund (HESIF) programme were done by way of competitive call against set criteria outlined in the call document. The call document was published in December 2018 with the deadline for applications in April 2019.The Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund applications were appraised by a HEA-led team...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: My Department does not have any involvement in this scheme. It is directly administered by the Central Bank and all queries should be directed to them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: The contract type envisaged for the Higher Education PPP Programme is a Design, Build, Finance, Maintain and Operate (DBFMO) contract. In that context, the assets remains in the ownership of the State after construction with a licence given to PPP Co to enter and occupy land. The licence will allow the PPP Co. to fulfil its obligations to deliver the facilities and services which will...