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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The number of staff in my Department by location and function is set out below. All the offices that my Department occupies are managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) who has responsibility for renting / leasing of offices and acts as an agent in this regard for Government Departments. As such, the terms, costs and duration of these leases is a matter for the OPW. Location...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: Below is the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of full-time students who have taken up Further Education and Training (FET) courses in each county. The information supplied refers to the 2020 calendar year and the county in which the course is delivered.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (15 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy is aware, legislation has passed the Oireachtas which restricts the up-front payments required to secure accommodation, including student accommodation, to no more than the equivalent of two months’ rent, and limit payments thereafter to on month’s rent at a time. This Bill was signed into law on the 9th July. My officials met with representatives from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science has not been directly engaged with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) but HEAnet, the Education sectors shared service network provider has attended several technical workshops with NBI over the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: My Department aims to provide its customers with a professional, efficient and courteous service and does not distinguish between unsolicited and solicited correspondence. A full statement of commitments contained within my Department’s Customer Charter can be found on gov.ie at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/045e7-customer-charter/ The Customer Charter underpins the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The Youthreach programme is a national programme of education and training for early school leavers. The Youthreach programme provides two years integrated education, training and work experience for unemployed early school leavers without any qualifications or vocational training, who are between 16 and 21 years of age. The programme offers participants the opportunity to identify and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The purpose of the Student Grant Scheme is to provide additional assistance where parental income is below a certain threshold, or in the case of independent mature students, where the level of income of the student and his or her spouse warrants additional assistance by way of a grant. For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: Universities are autonomous bodies under the Universities Act 1997, and are therefore administratively independent, including in relation to their accommodation allocation practices. Therefore the information requested by the Deputy would be held by the universities themselves, not by my Department. The synopsis available in the attached table was provided by the Universities for the National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: The enrolment statistics for the 2020/2021 academic year, which will include the statistics in relation to international students, have not yet been published. The HEA will publish these statistics later this year. The financial impact of the pandemic on international students will vary depending on the student, and there is no information available to me on the financial impact on this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (14 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: My Department is committed to keeping its website accessible, in line with the accessibility statement available on gov.ie. My Department uses Plain English online, avoids the use of PDF documents as much as possible, and ensures that all video content produced for use online is captioned. My Department has not developed any mobile applications. My Department does not hold this information...