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

Simon Harris: My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions. Ring-fenced allocations for specific strategic or important purposes are earmarked as part of the grant from time to time by my Department or the HEA. This funding is generally used to steer rapidly required systemic change, tackle...

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

Simon Harris: My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions via the recurrent funding model. Top sliced, ring fenced funding for specific strategic or important purposes is a component of the funding model. Annually a top slice consultation process...

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

Simon Harris: My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions via the recurrent funding model. The amount provided under the National Training Fund (NTF) Enterprise Focused Higher Education provision is included in the overall recurrent grant to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: The table below provides a breakdown of the expenditure relating to student grants and administration costs for each of the financial years 2011 to 2020, as requested by the Deputy. The Student Grant Scheme is administered by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), a business unit of City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). The CDETB was appointed as the awarding authority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the Student Grant 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. To satisfy the terms and conditions of the Student Grant Scheme in relation to progression, a student must be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science was formed in summer 2020. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science (DFHERIS)’s Vote, Vote 45, came into effect at the Further Revised Estimates 2020. As part of the 2020 Estimates process, functions relating to further and higher education were transferred from Vote...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: The purpose of the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) is to provide funding to higher and further education institutions to assist them in offering supports and services to eligible students with disabilities so that they can participate on an equal basis with their peers. FSD funding of €1.942m is currently allocated to the FET sector in respect of participants on the Post...

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

Simon Harris: The information the Deputy is seeking is not held by the Department. The Higher Education Authority (HEA) collates data in relation international students studying in public higher education institutions in Ireland each year, and this information is available on the statistics page of their website (under 'International Enrolments'). Please note that figures for the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. With regard to the residency criterion, in order to be eligible for a grant, a "student", as defined in Section 14 of the Student Support Act 2011, must demonstrate that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: The timing of the Leaving Certificate results will not impact negatively on Northern Ireland students seeking to study here. With respect to the questions of students with Leaving Certificates wishing to study in Northern Ireland, it is important to note that the latest date for the acceptance of conditional offers within the UCAS system is 8thSeptember 2021. The publication of the Leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: Under the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is available to eligible students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the terms and conditions of funding, including those relating to residency, means, nationality and previous academic attainment. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for SUSI to determine. For...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: The management of the vaccination programme is a matter for the HSE, in line with guidelines from the High Level Task Force on COVID 19 Vaccination. The priority of this Government is to support the roll-out of the programme in accordance with these guidelines. Any adjustment to the currently published vaccination programme is a matter for the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, higher education institutions are autonomous bodies as set out in legislation and are responsible for the day-to-day management and operational affairs of the institution including the determination of postgraduate tuition fees and refund policies. The matters raised are an internal matter for the University of Limerick (UL) and my Department is therefore not in...

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

Simon Harris: The delivery method of programmes in the first instance is a matter for the institutions, as autonomous bodies to consider. My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions via the recurrent funding model. The costs associated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: Under the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is available to eligible students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the terms and conditions of funding, including those relating to residency, means, nationality and previous academic attainment. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for SUSI to determine. For...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Driver Test (2 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: Officials from my Department have engaged with Tipperary Education and Training Board (TETB) regarding this issue, and TETB have indicated that while the planning of driving courses has been impacted by Covid-19 restrictions, TETB will continue to manage demand and plan driving training in accordance with Covid-19 restrictions, ongoing public health guidelines, and in response to...

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

Simon Harris: While Ireland is operating on the Plan for Living with COVID all further and higher education institutions delivered the majority of their classes online with only essential activities held on site. While it is appreciated that the COVID impacts are disappointing for students who had hoped to have as much time on campus as possible, these measures are necessary to support halting the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (1 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: The Business Expenditure on Research and Development (BERD) survey is published biennially by the CSO. The most recent edition was published in March 2021 and covers the period 2019-2020 (www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/berd/businessexpen ditureonresearchdevelopment2019-2020/). As part of the survey, enterprises were asked to indicate the numbers of staff who devoted any of their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (1 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: The data requested by the Deputy is outlined in the attached spreadsheet. The most recent year available is data for the 2019/2020 academic year. Programme Type 2019/2020 Enrolments PhD 8,890 Research Masters 1,639 Taught Masters 24,155 Total 34,684

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Bodies (1 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: Innovation 2020, the national strategy for research and innovation, recognises that for Ireland to become a Global Innovation Leader, our research and innovation system must be open with strong international collaboration links. Membership of leading international research organisations is an important mechanism for facilitating this engagement. For this reason, the Government gave a...