Results 121-140 of 394 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a tool grant scheme for all craft apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28052/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of doubling the travel and accommodation allowance for apprentices when attending off- the-job-training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing a minimum allowance, minimum wage rate, for apprentices during off-the-job-training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of moving to a unitary apprenticeship system based on the craft model (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28060/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending SUSI to students studying in the north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the maintenance grant by 25 percent on 2022-2023 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending the free fees initiative to cover graduate entry medicine students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28057/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the North-South Research Programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the SUSI bracket 5,000 full fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the bracket for 5,000 half fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28063/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of costs for the ‘fund for student’s with a disability (FSD) for the years 2020 to 2025 across all further education and training FET courses, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investments planned for funding for Irish language education at third level, supporting the promotion and preservation of the Irish language. [28392/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the one-off increase of €5,000 will remain in place in this year’s annual option paper for the post graduate fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28393/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what the increase cost of the maintenance grant for post graduate students was, which was effective from January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28394/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the significant surplus in the National Training Fund, how the Government intends to utilise these funds to address underinvestment in higher education and support strategic initiatives outlined in the Annual Options Paper. [28395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Guardian Status (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the exact cost of guardianship payments to non-legal guardians as an eligible payment; the amount the special rate is for this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28396/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of costs for the special rate threshold from €25,000 to €26,200 in 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for breakdown of costs based on the increased holiday earnings threshold from €6,552 to €7,925 from 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28398/25]

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Through the Central Bank, this State is complicit in Israel's genocide and apartheid. Its role in the funding of the most unspeakable crimes must end immediately. This Bill is legally sound and independently drafted. What does breach international law is Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine. It is burning children alive, starving entire communities and killing civilians with impunity....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of timetabled buses in Clare cancelled in the past year to date; if he will instruct that live update signs are installed at all stops to ensure those without the TFI App can be informed of delays and cancellations; if he will instruct officials to inspect works at Ennis bus station to ensure best practice was followed; and...