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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme is administered by the centralised national grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a business unit of CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board), on behalf of the Department. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for SUSI to determine. While my office receive many emails from students in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department. The CAO process applications for undergraduate courses on behalf of the Higher Education Institutions. Decisions on admissions are made by the HEIs 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 information on offers is held solely...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: Officials from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science have been engaging with officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding this trend in planning applications. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage have issued a circular to the Chief Executives of all local authorities and pointed to the critical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: There are a minimum of two Board meetings per calendar month during September to August each year. Please find attached the number of sitting days of the Student Grant Appeals Board from 2016 to date . NUMBER OF SITTINGS OF THE SGAB FROM 2016 TO DATE Year of Appeal No. of meetings of the SGAB 2016 23 2017 28 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: Equity of Access to Higher Education continues to be a national priority for the Government and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The Programme for Government reflects the importance of supporting learners at risk of education disadvantage and learners with special education needs in higher education. The vision of National Plan for Equity of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: My Department places a fundamental focus on working with the Higher, as well as Further, education sector, to ensure delivery of suitable graduates to match what business and enterprise needs and requirements in the workplace. A core focus of the Department's Statement of Strategy is to enable individuals to access the skills required to progress in a way that meets the needs of our economy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: There are a number of key strategies in place at all levels to ensure we meet existing and future skills demands, including in the area of the sciences. These include policies designed to ensure a pipeline of suitably qualified science graduates, and initiatives to equip young people and the working population more generally with the skills and capacity to meet these demands. These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together. There are a number of key strategies in place at all levels to ensure we meet existing and future skills demands, including in the area of medical science. These include policies designed to ensure a pipeline of suitably qualified science and technical graduates, and initiatives to equip young people and the working population more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: A vibrant enterprise sector is a prerequisite for a strong, advanced economy, and a strong economy in turn provides the foundation for a progressive, sustainable and inclusive society. The enterprise sector provides quality employment which is important for our standard of living and inclusivity. The enterprise sector is hugely important in driving innovation in this country. An estimated 75%...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The challenge to deliver adequate numbers of suitably qualified academic and technical graduates to meet the demands of the country is a fundamental focus for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The higher and further education sectors responded in an agile fashion to the challenges of Covid-19 and continuity for the most part was maintained...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The further and higher education sectors have a number of key strategies in place at all levels to ensure that the educational opportunities being offered specifically target the areas of key demand in the economy. These include policies designed to ensure a pipeline of suitably qualified higher education graduates and apprentices, and initiatives to equip young people and the working...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: Work on the development of the next National Access Plan (NAP) 2022 - 2026 is currently underway. The consultation process, which closed on 18thJune 2021, invited all interested parties to make their views known on this matter and other matters related to access to higher education particularly for groups who are underrepresented in the higher education population. One-to-one stakeholder...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme is a critical financial support for students participating in further and higher education. As in any statutory scheme, a core principle of the scheme is that there is consistency of approach and an equitable treatment for applicants as part of the means assessment process. All applications are assessed nationally with reference to the terms and conditions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: Progression is a key tenet of the Student Grant Scheme and section 2 of the Student Support Act 2011 defines progression as "the process by which learners may transfer from one course to another course where the award that may be made on the successful completion of the second mentioned course is of a higher level..." Generally speaking, a grant will not be paid to a student for a repeat...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme is administered by the centralised national grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a business unit of CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board), on behalf of the Department. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for SUSI to determine. As part of SUSI’s internal processes, Post Assessment Quality...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The Student Grant Scheme is administered by the centralised national grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a business unit of CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board), on behalf of the Department. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for SUSI to determine. As part of SUSI’s internal processes, Post Assessment Quality...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: In higher education, the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning has been working to support higher education institutions in embedding universal design for learning (UDL) principles in teaching and learning practices. Student Success is one of the Forum’s priority areas, and under this strand a number of projects focusing on universal design for learning have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: There are currently 74 projects at various stages of the project lifecycle across the further and higher education sectors, as set out in the table below. While a small number of further education projects are excepted to be completed by the end of 2021 the majority of projects are due to be completed across 2022 and 2023. Lifecycle Stage Higher Education SectorNo. of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The new National Development Plan (NDP) provides for a step up in capital funding for the further education and training (FET) sector. It is envisaged that expenditure will increase from less than €20m last year to approximately €100m by 2025. While the previous NDP introduced, for the first time, a dedicated capital envelope for the FET sector, the new NDP will now enable a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the 8 State Boards that fall within the remit of my Department, is provided in the attached table. Name of Aegis Body the number of members of each board the number of women on each board; % of board that is made up of women An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna...