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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (20 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department sources its statistics on student enrolments from the HEA's Student Records System. The information sought by the deputy is outlined in the attached table which details the total number of medicine (undergraduate and graduate entry) enrolments broken down by HEI and Domicile Group. The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD and I jointly announced an agreement with the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (20 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: The information sought by the Deputy in regard to the number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by my Department is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy. She is correct that I was very concerned to hear about this situation. It relates to a situation where a QQI-accredited programme is still a valid programme but CORU, the independent regulator, has expressed concerns about its ability to put the students on the register. My understanding is that individual meetings were to take place between the college and students to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is working with colleagues both in SOLAS, the HEA and other Departments to respond to projections of skills needs in the construction sector and to increase skills supply through the current network of tertiary skills provision. Research into professions linked to tertiary skills has been conducted and is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: Apprenticeships are employer led demand driven educational and training programmes that aim to develop the skills of an apprentice in order to meet the needs of industry and the labour market. As apprentices are employees, the demand for and number of apprentices is primarily dictated by the employers in any area or sector. The Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 sets out new ways of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department allocates funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to designated Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The HEA provides block grant funding to the Higher Education Sector, from within the allocation available, through the Recurrent Grant Allocation Model (RGAM) which is driven by overall student numbers. The grant is allocated as a block grant as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department allocates funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to designated Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The HEA provides block grant funding to the Higher Education Sector, from within the allocation available, through the Recurrent Grant Allocation Model (RGAM) which is driven by overall student numbers. The grant is allocated as a block grant as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department allocates funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to designated Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The HEA provides block grant funding to the Higher Education Sector, from within the allocation available, through the Recurrent Grant Allocation Model (RGAM) which is driven by overall student numbers. The grant is allocated as a block grant as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statement.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: The main support available to students is the statutory based Student Grant Scheme where students are studying for the first time or are progressing to study at a higher level. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. With regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: Higher Education Institutions determine their own procedures for admission. The CAO process applications for undergraduate, and some postgraduate, courses on their behalf. Decisions on admissions are made by the Higher Education Institutions who then instruct the CAO to make offers to successful candidates. Neither I nor my Department have a role in the operation of the CAO and it is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education Policy (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: I thank my colleague for raising this important matter, not only today in Seanad Éireann but also almost daily. I am aware of his genuine, deep commitment to and understanding of the importance of a university for Waterford in the south east in terms of educational access, economic investment, balanced regional development and ensuring Waterford can harness and reach its incredible full...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education Policy (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: I thank Senator Cummins. It is worthwhile to outline the progress that has been made with the campus expansion because sometimes that can be overlooked. Five steps have had to be gone through. The first step involved a recognition by myself, by my Department and by the Government, in agreeing with the position of the Senator and other Oireachtas colleagues, that we needed to expand the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: A phased return to physical attendance in the workplace commenced for staff members in my Department following the easing of Government restrictions earlier this year. The majority of staff of my Department are currently attending the office for a minimum of two days per week and working remotely for the remaining days. Following the publication of the Blended Working Policy Framework for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 413 to 416, inclusive, together. The information sought by the Deputy is currently being compiled by SUSI, who are the awarding authority. I have arranged for officials from my Department to forward the information directly to the Deputy's office once it is received from SUSI.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: On 5 September, in advance of the budget, I published, for the first time, a costs of education paper which will set out the possible policy options, and their indicative costs, to aid public discussion on how we should prioritise any interventions to address costs of education. The paper “Funding the Future, an annual options paper on reducing the cost of higher education can be found...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Sep 2022)

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. I have been advised by my officials that the student outlined by the Deputy registered onto a course in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scientific Research (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: Under the National Development Plan 2018-2027, as part of Project Ireland 2040, the Government outlined its intention to review Ireland's membership of international research organisations, including CERN. The Government gave a specific commitment in Innovation 2020 to initiate discussions with several international research organisations. Four organisations were identified – CERN, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: The main support available to assist students with the cost of attending further or higher education is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to eligible students attending an approved full-time course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (14 Sep 2022)

Simon Harris: Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutions of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006 and the Technological Universities Act 2018. Under this legislation the institutions are academically independent and are entitled to regulate their own academic affairs and administrative processes, including the mode of delivery...