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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students (ie: assessed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 838, 839, 840 and 841 together. Athena Swan Ireland do not have a role in the allocation of funding by the HEA to higher education institutions. The allocation of recurrent grant funding to institutions is a matter for the HEA and is approved by the HEA Board. Designated institutions of higher education set out their contribution to the achievement of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am aware of the very challenging context for female Afghani students. To avail of funding under the Free Fees Initiative (FFI) or the Student Grant Scheme, students must meet the criteria of the respective schemes including the residency and nationality criteria. All students, including Irish Nationals or persons granted International Protection are required to meet the residency...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy will be aware that Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB (DDLETB) are being supported by SOLAS in developing their Preliminary Business Case (PBC) proposal for Swords under the FET College of the Future Major Projects fund. The development of a robust PBC is fundamental to the requirements of the Infrastructure Guidelines. The proposal put forward by DDLETB is one of twelve projects...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department works collaboratively, through SOLAS and the HEA, with the Education Training Boards and all higher education institutions on the development and delivery of capital projects. Capital investment in Carlow and Kilkenny for 2024 will be realised through existing capital projects and devolved funding mechanisms as detailed in the below table. The table below outlines Further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy will be aware that Higher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies; responsible for assessing student applications and determining the tuition fee payable by individual students. The higher education tuition fee payable by a student can vary depending on a variety factors including the type of course and the fee rates of a particular institution. Typically there are two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: For employers who were not benefiting from the indirect support afforded to craft apprenticeship in the form of training allowances, an annual employer grant of €2,000 per apprentice was introduced from January 2022. It is projected that the total cost in 2024 will range from €6,500,000 - €7,000,000. Hence, abolishing this grant would result in approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have not had the opportunity to visit Trinity College since my appointment. I have met with the President of the College as part of a delegation from the Irish Universities Association.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Tyndall National Institute (TNI) is Ireland’s flagship research institute in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) hardware and systems. It was established in 2004 under a partnership agreement between the Government and University College Cork to provide a national focal point for excellence in deep-tech research, development, postgraduate and specialised training in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine Generally speaking, a grant will not be paid to a student for a repeat period of study on the same course, or for a different course at the same level, irrespective of whether or not a grant was paid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Please see attached excel file which contains a list of all live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The information that the Deputy requested is a large dataset and is not readily available, my officials collected and collated the full range of data requested from the academic year 2016/2017 to date in the attached. Please note that the 2024 information is not yet available. The overall amount allocated to the Student Assistance fund from 2010 to 2015 has been included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Neither the Department nor Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) hold complete data on the number of people who have undertaken mandatory all-terrain vehicle-quad bike training since the introduction of the new regulations in November 2023. This information would be only available from individual providers who provide this training. The below table sets out data pertaining to the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Based on most up-to-date for two full academic years, the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland has provided the data below for the number of students domiciled in Ireland who were studying at Further and Higher Education Institutions in Northern Ireland for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years. (Data for 2023/24 is not yet available.) Number of Students domiciled in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. When a dependent applicant is applying to SUSI and their parents are deceased, the income of their guardian may be considered when assessing their grant application, depending on the legal status of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I was delighted to launch the new Part Time Fee Scheme for Specified Undergraduate Courses on August 1st, which will be introduced from September 2024. This is the first time, under the Student Support Act, that fee support will be available for students studying part-time. Fee support will be provided to eligible part-time students attending specified publicly funded undergraduate courses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Programme for Government commitments under the remit of my Department are set out at the following link: ">Programme for Government Update

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. I have been advised by my officials that the student to whom the Deputy refers was awarded the €500 student contribution grant by the awarding authority, SUSI, for the 2024/2025 academic year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: In November 2022, funding was approved to assist the Technological Universities (TUs) in developing a student accommodation programme based on a regional needs and feasibility assessment. The Higher Education Authority (HEA) appointed consultants to oversee and assess the levels of supply and demand for student accommodation across our public higher education institutions (HEIs). The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science has not to date provided any specific supports for partnerships between Irish higher education institutions and Palestinian higher education institutions. However, as autonomous bodies higher education institutions are entitled to develop partnerships in accordance with their own strategic priorities. In...