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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (3 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that a contractor that fits windows and doors can get on the tender list for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if home help workers will receive the €1,000 bonus for frontline healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a response to correspondence (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5571/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (2 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: I wish to offer my condolences and sympathy to the family of the late Noel Treacy, former Deputy and Minister, who served in this House for 30 years. He is a huge loss to his wife and family, his local community and the many organisations with which he was involved in Galway. I refer in particular to Galway GAA, where he was chairman of the county board for a number of years after his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 25 January 2022, if she will request the authorities of An Garda Síochána to provide information relating to the total budget allocation and total cost of Operation Foray from 2018 to date (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5265/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank the Senator for his question on an important issue for apprentices and for my Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The Senator will know that craft apprenticeships account for 25 of the existing available apprenticeship programmes. Given the practical nature of off-the-job training for craft apprentices, the Covid-related shutdown of on-site...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: I will outline for the House some other pertinent sources of information that may be of assistance to Senators, their offices and their constituents. I encourage all Senators and everyone interested in apprenticeships to keep an eye on two portals - gov.ie/therightcourseand the interactive apprenticeships.iewebsite. They are one-stop shops for information that people may want to access in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a new company registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4747/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if assistance is available to nursing homes such as a nursing home (details supplied) for green renewable energy or solar improvements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5103/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: Underpinned by the framework of the National Skills Strategy 2016-2025 and the Regional Skills Fora, a core principle of skills policy development in Ireland is partnership between enterprise and the tertiary sector. My Department continues to support a range of programmes to upskill employees to meet the evolving needs of the economy. The Skills to Advance initiative was launched by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána by rank who previously worked for the PSNI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5106/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank Senators Aisling Dolan and Micheál Carrigy for raising this very important matter and allowing me the opportunity to address same. The Department and the State Examinations Commission have been progressing and planning for the 2022 junior cycle and leaving certificate examinations. This has been done in consultation with the advisory group on planning for the State examinations...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: The points the Senators have raised are very valid. The Taoiseach said in the Dáil today that he met the senior statistician in the Department of Education and the Minister for Education yesterday. It is a complex issue as the Senators know. There are two cohorts within this year’s leaving certificate; some who sat the junior certificate and some who did not sit it. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: A key priority in the programme for Government is the creation and progression of technological universities. I am pleased, therefore, to introduce the following draft order to this committee - the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022. Under the Technological Universities Act 2018, an appointed day for the establishment of a technological university,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for her comments and the support of her party on the projects around the advancement of technological universities around the country. The Deputy raised the Cassells report on numerous occasions both here and in the Dáil. I do not have anything new to say to her on that. The Deputy knows its status in terms of having worked its way through the European Commission....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: As the Deputy will know, we have to get the Atlantic Technological University progressed. Work on St. Angela's College will come afterwards. That is the intention, as the Deputy will know. The Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 is scheduled to be taken on Second Stage in the Dáil this week. As such, the Bill is progressing. In regard to amendments, as part of the normal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: No. I thank the committee.