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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: The HEA have collated data from the sector on the numbers of occasional hourly paid administrative, teaching and support staff and the Department is reviewing the data to gain a better understanding of the practices. The Department has engaged with representative bodies of the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) and been advised that there are a number of factors that would lead HEIs to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is the national agency responsible for qualifications and quality assurance in further education and training and higher education in Ireland. TheQualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act2012, which established QQI, requires that quality assurance underpins the relationship between QQI and the providers with which it engages....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: I am strongly committed to capital investment in the proposed technological university for the South East. Officials from my Department and the Higher Education Authority are in ongoing engagement with both Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow in relation to campus development plans across all proposed TU locations, including Wexford. It is planned that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will appreciate, the detailed information sought spans a significant timeframe. In that regard, officials from my Department are currently compiling the data in the format requested and will respond directly to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: I can advise the Deputy that 15 applications were received under the Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund. Five major capital projects were approved for co-funding under the Fund. The total co-funding approved amounts to €96.6m. The 15 projects are listed in the table with the approved projects highlighted in bold. HEI Code Project Title ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Straitéisí Ranna (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: Is colún lárnach de chur chuige an rialtais é an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 chun a chinntiú go ndéantar an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn agus a chothú ar fud an stáit. Tá cur chuige rialtais uile, faoi stiúir na Roinne Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus na Meán, deartha chun a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1313 and 1314 together. As Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Skills, I am committed to continuing the process of investing in our higher education system and to the development and implementation of a sustainable funding model for the sector. It is important to note that, in considering the total level of resource...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: In recognition of the challenges facing full time third level students, financial assistance will be provided in academic year 20/21 to all students who avail of SUSI grants and to all EU full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students attending publicly funded Higher Education Institutions in the state. The scheme will ensure students: - Who avail of the SUSI grant will receive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: I can confirm to the Deputy that plans are currently being advanced for interim temporary accommodation for the further education and training provision under reference. In regard to the development of the campus, it is my understanding that the Department of Education intend to develop permanent accommodation for a school on the site also.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: The National Training Fund (NTF) Act, 2000 provides for a levy on employers to be used to fund the development of and raising of skills amongst those in, or seeking, employment. Funding from the NTF is allocated by my Department with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in accordance with the provisions of the National Training Fund Act, 2000. The NTF levy is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy on construction costs is not held by my Department. My Department is not directly involved in the building of any student accommodation. The National Student Accommodation Strategy (NSAS) was published in 2017 and is designed to support the delivery of an increased level of supply of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) by reducing planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1329, 1330, 1332 and 1334 together. My Department has received representations from Erasmus+ students following the decision to extend the list of countries subject to mandatory quarantine at a designated facility on arrival in Ireland. At present, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Italy are the Erasmus+ Programme Countries in this category. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1331 and 1333 together. The Deputy should note that Board appointments, while made by me as Minister, are not in all cases made at my discretion. Individuals may be nominated for appointment by various organisations arising from the terms in the relevant statutes of the Body concerned. The guidelines for appointments to State Boards, which can be viewed on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: Clinical placements are organised at the level of each individual Higher Education Institution (HEI), as part of their programme offerings to be delivered in conjunction with relevant placement providers. Where appropriate, each HEI will develop their programme offerings to meet the accreditation standards of relevant regulatory and professional recognition bodies including where placements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: The building proposed for delivery in WIT under the HEI PPP Programme is a 12,834m2 Engineering, Computing and General Teaching building. It will consist of undergraduate and postgraduate laboratories, general and specialised teaching space, learning resource space, administration space and ancillary space. In conjunction with decanted space elsewhere on campus, the new building will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (21 Apr 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: SOLAS Funding (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: I appreciate how difficult the situation is for this group and their families. The Government has always sought to ensure that the concerns of workers are heard, and that the State’s welfare, employment and training services are responding to the needs of the group in question. In recognition of the exceptional circumstances to this matter the Government has agreed to provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (21 Apr 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: The data that the deputy is seeking is available in tabular form from 2011/12 to 2017/18 and is attached. Data from academic year 2018/19 to date is not available as of yet as it has not been finalised. The ratio is calculated based on the enrolment figures for full time equivalent (FTE) students (full and part time) in an academic year to academic staff reported as at 31 Dec in the middle...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (21 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: The advancement of research collaboration, as set out within New Decade, New Approach is a major priority for my Department. As the Deputy notes, this has also been highlighted as an area of priority by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) as part of its recently launched strategy, Shaping our Future. My Department and SFI are continuing to advance the discussions with our counterparts in...