Written answers
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis his Department has carried out with regard to the 20,000 CAO reapplicants whose college places could be jeopardised by inflated... - Student Universal Support Ireland
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact on families in receipt of pandemic unemployment payment that will not be eligible for the... - National Training Fund
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected yield from a 0.1% increase in 2021 in the national training fund levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22931/20] - Third Level Fees
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will elaborate on his recent statement that student contribution fees are too high; and the timeline for the reduction of these fees. [22806/20] - Third Level Education
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timetable for third level students due to graduate in 2020 but awaiting the completion of their practicum placements; the way in which the... - Student Universal Support Ireland
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the issue of eligibility for fee support via SUSI grants in cases in which the pandemic unemployment payment... - Third Level Education
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which third level students can access financial support to buy laptops for online learning; and if he will make a statement on the... - Springboard Programme
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment cannot be accepted for the Springboard programme; and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports he plans to provide for mature students and others that are returning or commencing third level and further education... - Departmental Priorities
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his vision for the further and higher education, research, innovation and science sector with particular reference to the need to compete on the... - Third Level Education
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the development of an enhanced polytechnic equivalent here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22972/20] - Departmental Priorities
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role he sees for the further and higher education, research, innovation and science sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Third Level Education
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his ambition for the development of a ready supply of graduates specialising in research in the future; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which challenges arising in the course of the Covid-19 crisis have identified the need for specific educational response at third... - Higher Education Institutions
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the higher level education sector is in discussion with business and enterprise with a view to matching requirements in the... - Third Level Education
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of students that will be enrolled in higher education in the 2020/2021 academic year; the number enrolled at further... - Technological Universities
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that Dundalk Institute of Technology is the only institute of technology not to have formally linked into a consortium to... - Student Accommodation
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that have taken place with the private purpose-built student accommodation providers regarding the provision of flexible... - Apprenticeship Programmes
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing apprentice fees by 20%, 50% and 100%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/20] - Student Universal Support Ireland
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to decrease the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant from 45km to 24km; and if he will make a statement on...
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