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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...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), provides grant assistance 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. The means test arrangements of the Student Grant Scheme are applied...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The main support available to assist students with the cost of attending higher education is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to eligible 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. The definition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: This Government is committed to addressing the supply of more affordable student accommodation for priority group students, in line with policy commitments set out in the National Access Plan (NAP). The NAP aims to support inclusion and diversity in the student body, address the wider struggles and challenges for students, and deliver sustainable progress. It recognises the needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am deeply concerned by the desperate situation of civilians in Gaza. This remains a central priority for the Government, including at EU level, where Ireland is consistently calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Horizon Europe - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation - is the European Union’s largest research and innovation programme and includes all European...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: 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. A student may be assessed as an independent student (i.e. assessed without reference to parental income and address) if they have attained the age of 23 on 1 January of the year of first entry to an approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Travel (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Since assuming office, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has not travelled from any of the airports named by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: As requested, the following link shows the capital funding allocation to Dublin City University from 2019 -2024 in tabular form.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The principal support provided by my Department in financial terms is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the terms of the 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. The Scheme is administered on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The North South Research Programme (NSRP) is funded by the Government’s Shared Island initiative and delivered by the HEA on behalf of Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. In July 2021, funding of €40 million was allocated to the North South Research Programme and a further €10 million was announced by the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The location for the proposed building is significant from an heritage perspective, and as such, UU has engaged extensively in a pre-planning process with Derry-Strabane District Council. My officials understand that this process is ongoing, and is likely to lead to the submission of a full planning application to Derry-Strabane District Council in late Q4, 2024 or early Q1, 2025. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: In 2023, the Co-Centres Programme was established to take forward an Irish Government commitment in the Programme for Government and under the New Decade, New Approach Agreement to establish all-island research and innovation hubs, working with partners in Northern Ireland and at UK. The Co-Centres Programme is jointly funded up to €70 million by Research Ireland (formerly Science...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (9 Sep 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, the guiding legislation governing the process for managing each recognition of professional qualification is S.I. No 8 of 2017. SOLAS operates in full compliance with the applicable S.I. SOLAS is required to reply within one month on receipt of an application and subsequently, provide a decision to each applicant within three months,...