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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to a change in sequencing to the process of merging institutes of technology as part of an application to become a technological university; if consideration is being given to introduce the international panel of experts work earlier in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38731/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount which was spent by Waterford Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology, Carlow and his Department to date in 2016 on the merger process as part of the application to become a technological university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38525/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if money was spent on consultancy fees by Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology, Carlow as part of the merger process or the application to become a technological university; if so, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of costs, the purpose of the work and the name of the company involved; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the core State funding awarded to Waterford Institute of Technology in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38726/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new funding model that will pertain to technological universities; if they will be allowed to borrow; if they will be allowed to access European Investment Bank funding; if they will receive baseline funding for research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38727/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures on student enrolment and numbers at Waterford Institute of Technology for each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38728/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of core funding awarded to each university in the State for research and development for each of the years 2009 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to the introduction of a stability and equity fund for institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38730/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there will be other instances in State pension, or otherwise, in which entitlement to pension payments on death of an LGBT spouse or a widow's pension payment is disregarded due to the inability to enter into a civil partnership or marriage, in view of the fact the law to provide such was not yet enacted and in view of the facts of a recent...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the compensation he is putting in place for former workers at a company (details supplied) with unpurchased pensionable years as part of their overall compensation package; the details of such compensation; the way in which and when it will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38500/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Hospital Visits (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of his visit to University Hospital Waterford on 28 November 2016; the reason it was an unannounced visit; the detail of the persons who accompanied him on his visit; the detail of the persons he met and the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for more funding for mental health for community based and accessible safe harbours in the County Waterford area; his plans to increase funding to the recommended levels in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38533/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the need for a spooling winch at the pier or slipway in Ardmore, County Waterford, to assist local fishermen; if funding will be provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38499/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the real danger that rural bus services will disappear over the coming months leaving large swathes of rural Ireland without vital bus services if Bus Éireann moves ahead with plans to alter the terms and conditions of its Expressway staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Data (7 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if University College Cork, UCC, currently receives any remuneration from the Irish Management Institute, IMI, for validating degrees; if UCC received remuneration from IMI in the past for validating degrees; the remuneration received by UCC from IMI for validating degrees for each of the years 2000 to 2015 in tabular form; the current annual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (7 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the student retention rates at Waterford Institute of Technology for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (7 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the student retention rates at the Institute of Technology Carlow for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39043/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (7 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT, who are registered as doctoral students and as a percentage of the overall student population at WIT in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39045/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (7 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending the Institute of Technology Carlow, ITC, who are registered as doctoral students and as a percentage of the overall student population at ITC in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39046/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (7 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of payroll costs as a percentage of operational funding at Waterford Institute of Technology for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39042/16]