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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: The data requested is contained in the attached spreadsheet.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: Funding for research in higher education institutions (HEI) is provided by a number of different sources. The main sources of funding come from three distinct areas: direct government funding, indirect government funding and other funding sources such as Irish industry, foreign industry and EU funding programmes.  The table below shows the amount of capital funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: I was not aware of this requirement for students in social care placements in ITT, as HEIs are autonomous and independent with regard to their administrative and academic affairs, including in relation the facilitation of placements. Arrangements for social care placements are all arranged at a local level within the broad parameters of a framework developed by the Irish Association of Social...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 821 and 822 together. Craft apprenticeships account for 25 of the 62 existing available apprenticeship programmes. They comprise of a standard seven phase programme of alternating on-the-job and off-the-job phases. The off-the-job training for these programmes is delivered in Training Centres, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: There are a number of initiatives administered through competitive call processes by the HEA on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science funded through the National Training Fund where not for profit/private institutions are eligible to apply. These are Springboard+, which has been running on an annual basis since 2011, the Human Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: My Department does not produce projections of higher education enrolment on a course by course level, and so the data requested by the Deputy is not available. First year enrolment figures for Nursing in GMIT from 2014 to 2019 (the latest available) are available in the table below.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: The requested information is contained in the attached spreadsheet.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: Springboard+ 2021/22 provides 11,575 places across 330 courses. The breakdown between universities, institutes of technology and private colleges for 2021is as follows: Springboard+ 2020/21 Institute of Technology Private & Other Providers University (Incl. TU) Grand Total Places 4655 3120 3800 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: The number of successful appeals made to SUSI in 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21 (as at August 2021), is outlined in the table below: Appeal Result 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Total Successful Appeals to SUSI 5,257 5,184 5,642

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: The number of successful appeals made to Student Grant Appeals Board in 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21 (06 September 2021), is outlined in the table below: Appeal Result 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 to date Total Successful Appeals to SUSI 281 285 258 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: In recognition of the particular circumstances faced by students this year, my Department worked with the HEA and the Higher Education Institutions to identify where additional places could be provided in the higher education system. As a result of this, together with the additional places created under the Human Capital Initiative, 4,650 places have been created across a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: Following the publication of COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery: The Path Ahead last June and in keeping with the Government’s objective of moving to a return to safe onsite provision in higher and further education over this period, extensive planning was undertaken by the sectoral stakeholders of the Covid-19 Working Group for the English language education (ELE) sector to prepare for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Flexible Work Practices (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: Staff of my department have been working in line with Government COVID-19 guidance, which had provided for home working to continue where possible. Following the Taoiseach's announcement on the 1st of September, my department is now in the process of planning for a phased return to the workplace A central policy framework for Blended Working in the Civil Service will be finalised in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: The main support to students attending higher education is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the Student Grant Scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding, provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution and meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those which relate to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment (progression) and means. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI, provides grant assistance to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. Widows’/Widower’s pension is included as reckonable income for the purposes of the student grant means test. Widow's/Widower's pension is also a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 837, 846 and 848 together. The Safe Return Plan for further and higher education, which was agreed following extensive discussions between sectoral representatives, institutions, public health, students, staff and other stakeholders was published on the 15th June. The Plan provided a comprehensive framework for institutions to proceed with planning to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: In recognition of the exceptional circumstances of this case, as reflected in Kevin Foley’s report, the Government was willing to allocate a fund of €3 million, to be administered by SOLAS, to support career guidance, training, education, and pre-retirement planning etc. for the former Debenhams workers. The €3m fund was put to the former Debenhams members for ballot,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: On 29 April 2021, the Government made a commitment to a significant increase in on-site further education and training, higher education and research from the beginning of this academic year. Higher and further education and training, and research are considered to be essential activities and extensive planning has been undertaken to enable the academic term 2021/22 to take place mainly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision System (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: In relation to English Language Provision Phase 1, the €8.5m costing was based on projected numbers as set out on the White Paper for the provision of intensive English Language supports being available to participants for a 6 month period. The cost of these intensive supports are based on costs of the Refugee Resettlement  programme, which offers up to 20 hours English language...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2021)

Simon Harris: The decision on eligibility for student grant assistance is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine.  If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first...