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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: That is fine. As I said in my reply to Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh, a feature of the student assistance fund is allowing local decision-making. It is about giving colleges local autonomy. They know their students better than we know them. This is the first occasion I have heard of it, since Deputies Conway-Walsh and Crowe have raised it. It was never brought to my attention before. I would...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: There is no definitive reason for the decrease in the number of student grant applications. We are working to understand the causes behind it. There are some potential explanations for the decrease in applications for SUSI grants and it is likely that the true reason is a mixture of some or all of the hypotheses. It must be stressed that there may be another cause for the decrease in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: I also make the point that the savings are being invested back into SUSI. We broadened the eligibility criteria, increased the threshold and have completed the entire SUSI review. Professor Tom Collins is working on that to see the next level of changes should be made to the scheme. That is a decision that will have to be taken in due course. There was also a small increase in the amount...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: The increase in the income threshold will allow for more people to apply and that will give us more real-time data on the profile of people who are applying. We can get an exact note on the numbers of people who have applied to give the trend and where we see the trend going in the coming years as a result of what was have changed as a result of the SUSI review.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: That is a fair question. We cannot answer it now but we will get the committee a note.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: I will have to revert to the Deputy on that too. There are two types of membership: associate and full. There are different numbers attaching to each.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: You can be a pavilion member or a full member of a golf club. We will come back to the Deputy on that.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: On funding, we have published the Funding the Future framework document on funding for further and higher education, which follows on from the Cassells report. It identified a funding deficit of €307 million. We built €40 million into our base as a first step to close that gap. We have lots of competing demands. We spoke about the pension shortfall, which is a reality that...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: Our budget for apprenticeships with SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority is in the amount of €200 million.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: We will come back to the Deputy on that point.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: That is a fair comment.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: We will get a note for the Deputy on that issue.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: Deputies must leave something in the tank.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: 501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a service provider (details supplied) will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59102/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (29 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: 521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments to service providers (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59488/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (29 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: Within the Further Education and Training sector, SOLAS administers FSD funding to the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) who independently manage the funding allocations to PLC providers for services and accommodations required to support students with disabilities. Funding can be used to provide a range of supports and accommodations including non-medical helpers such as personal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (29 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: The claim to align tutors to a pay scale of an existing grade in Education and Training Boards remains unresolved. The Labour Court recommended in 2020 that the official side identify the scale of cost it was prepared or able to absorb and make an offer within those parameters given the constraints applying under FEMPI legislation and the Public Service Stability Agreement in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (29 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: 602. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay restoration for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (29 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: 701. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59348/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59473/22]