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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (19 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 144 together. A key focus in Budget 2024 is to further reduce the cost of third level education and put money back into people’s pockets. The package of measures announced will address cost barriers and make further and higher education more accessible for more people than ever before. A significant step is removing PLC fees with effect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: The Deputy will be aware that a number of Education and Training Boards have employed personal assistants to provide supports to learners under the Fund for Students with Disabilities. Officials in my Department and I have engaged with a variety of stakeholders on this issue, including SOLAS, FÓRSA, the ETBs and have met with a number of Personal Assistants also. Budget 2024 includes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: The package of measures announced in Budget 2024 will break down cost barriers, making further education more accessible for more people than ever before. PLC learners eligible for SUSI grants will benefit from the increases announced in the maintenance grant rates and student grant income thresholds. Building on our decision to abolish the €200 PLC Levy from the 2022/23 academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: At the end of September, there were 5,194 apprentices waiting longer than the required six months at Phase 2, 99 at Phase 4, and 52 at Phase 6. These waiting times reflect the strong growth in registrations for craft apprenticeship in a demand-led system, where employers in a buoyant construction sector are continuing to recruit strongly to meet their future skill needs. Craft apprenticeship...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: My officials are making further enquiries in relation to this matter and a reply will issue to the Deputy when these enquiries are complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: I can confirm to the Deputy that a meeting with my Department has already been offered and that my officials are awaiting receipt of the details of the proposed attendees in order to make the necessary arrangements for the meeting to take place.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: My officials are compiling the information sought, which will be forwarded to the Deputy when available.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Communications (11 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: 199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the relevant official from his Department can contact a person (details supplied) immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: 542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Qualifications (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: Officials in my Department have liaised with SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority for the latest data on childcare courses. Currently, there are 63 childcare focused courses being offered across the country, with 19 being offered in Education and Training Boards and a further 44 in Higher Education Institutions. A full list of these courses and course references is attached. Important...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: In the Further Education and Training (FET) sector, there is provision available in relation to the Irish Language. This provision is mainly free or heavily subsidised, and may be available to those in receipt of social welfare payments. This includes courses such as Irish for Beginners, Irish for Parents, Conversational Irish, Irish Language and Culture, etc. The Education and Training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is dealing with any applications from second-level schools in Tallaght for additional autism classroom accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1315 of 11 September 2023, if he will advise on additional correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Within the FET Sector, the Fund for Students with a Disability (FSD) is currently available to students pursuing PLC courses. The recently published the 2023 Annual Options Paper on the cost of higher education includes an option to extend the FSD across the Further Education and Training Sector. A costing of €5m has been estimated for this proposal which would be complemented by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Pre-Apprenticeship programmes are offered by Education and Training Boards (ETBs). While this is under the funding and strategic direction of SOLAS, the ETBs decide on the level and nature of pre-apprenticeship programmes, which is based on learner demand. In 2019 a three-year open call was issued for pre-apprenticeship programmes which commenced in 2020. Learner enrolments on these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: The Digital Inclusion Roadmap brings together work across Government to achieve digital inclusion through better skills, access and infrastructure. My Department's role in respect of the Roadmap is ensuring that adults have basic digital skills, including skills to use the internet for older people, should they wish to do so. The Adult Literacy for Life, or ALL Strategy is a crucial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise the procedure for a student who is unable to locate a secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40860/23]