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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Websites (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: My Department's website is part of gov.ie and its accessibility statement is available on: My Department has not developed any mobile applications. My Department does not hold this information in respect of aegis bodies.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Websites (15 Jun 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...

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

Simon Harris: While the student contribution now stands at €3,000, it is important to recognise that there has been no increase in the student contribution charge since 2014/15 and that currently in excess of 60,000 students have all or part of the student contribution paid on their behalf by the State via the Student Grant Scheme. Please see table attached setting out the estimated net cost to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (15 Jun 2021)

Simon Harris: A response to this correspondence will issue later this week.

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

Simon Harris: The Fund for Students with Disabilities provides funding to further and higher education institutions in Ireland to assist them in offering supports and services to eligible students with disabilities so they can participate on an equal basis with their peers. The attached spreadsheet provides the numbers of students supported under the Fund in participating Irish Higher Education...

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

Simon Harris: The Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) is the principal funding source for students with disabilities in further and higher education. The purpose of the Fund is to provide funding to further and higher 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. The FSD...

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

Simon Harris: The HPAT is independently administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the universities’ medical schools and the RCSI. The CAO process applications for undergraduate, and some postgraduate, courses on behalf of the Universities, Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology, in line with their institutional autonomy in relation to...

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

Simon Harris: Officials in my department have requested that the Higher Education Authority (HEA) examine the matter queried and the information available to the HEA will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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

Simon Harris: Officials in my Department are liaising with the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to confirm the most upto date position and the details will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, fee levels vary across the institutions, disciplines and mode of delivery. Individual fee schedules are available on the individual institutions websites. The Higher Education Authority advise that the undergraduate EU fee levels for the technology sector are as follows: - NFQ Level 6 programmes – €3,250 - NFQ Level 7 programmes –...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (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. Funding top slices are provided from within the total allocation; have not led to a...

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

Simon Harris: I understand the deputy is seeking details of the recurrent grant funding provided to Higher Education Institutions via the HEA. In this regard, 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. Please...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (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 recurrent funding of technological universities sits within the context of the review of the HEA funding model. In 2016, the HEA appointed an...

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

Simon Harris: The Government’s funding for research and innovation (R&I) in the higher education sector comes in two forms: - Direct government fundingcomes via various government Departments and Agencies to fund research projects which are performed in the higher education sector. - Indirect government funding is distributed by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to the higher education...

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...