Written answers

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to students being denied refunds on private student accommodation after returning home due to ongoing Covid-19...
  • Higher Education Institutions
    990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) who had been offered and accepted a CSO college offer subsequently had that offer removed, despite the...
  • Further and Higher Education
    991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that less than 5% of adults with Down's syndrome secure meaningful employment due to barriers in...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland
    993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the income thresholds and means test to qualify for the SUSI grant and increase the value of the maintenance grant levels to...
  • Student Assistance Fund
    994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the student assistance fund allocation by 20% to address the needs of students affected by Covid-19 income loss;...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland
    995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand eligibility for the SUSI grant to part-time students studying in publicly funded further and higher education and training...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if music or drama schools are included in the education exemption for level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33024/20]
  • Student Grant Scheme
    997. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to full or part payment of registration fees. [33052/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    999. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to situations in which persons have been informed that they have lost their SUSI grant entitlements due to the...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland
    1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that incomes from social protection, including the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, are not...
  • Third Level Fees
    1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following the announcement in budget 2021 of an extra €250 payment for third level students who have either paid their college fee or...
  • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
    1002. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured safe pass courses can be delivered online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32411/20]
  • Third Level Institutions
    1004. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on third level institutions failing to offer a reduction in fees to students at a time when classes are online and many of the...
  • Nursing Education
    1005. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate placements for nursing by 250 places in a given year; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Traveller Education
    1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure Travellers have greater access and opportunities to avail of third-level education; and if he will make a...
  • Third Level Costs
    1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if both higher education institutions and third level institutions are moving all classes online for the next six weeks under level 5...
  • English Language Training Organisations
    1009. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement blended learning for English language schools; if there are plans to offer further advice to English language schools in...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1014. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of all research funding that has been made available for research on Covid-19 in tabular form; the amount that has been allocated;...
  • Further Education and Training Colleges
    1015. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial reserves of each university, technological university and institute of technology in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter in relation to possible issues arising from being in receipt of PUP and applications for SUSI grants (details...
  • Third Level Staff
    1018. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report in relation to recruitment processes at the University of Limerick produced by a person (details...
  • Education and Training Boards
    1019. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CDETB has plans to repair the clock on the Rathmines College building. [33028/20]
  • State Examinations
    1020. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding grading errors and college places (details supplied). [33029/20]
  • Ministerial Briefing
    1023. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 17 September 2020, if the briefing document provided to him on his appointment as Minister has been...
  • Student Grant Scheme
    1024. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if HEIs and SUSI will extend the deadline by which a student must withdraw from a course before losing eligibility to receive a SUSI grant to at...
  • Departmental Contracts
    1026. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the...
  • Departmental Funding
    1030. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the administrative process and computational method of allocating funding to specific institutions under the support for contract researchers...
  • Technological Universities
    1031. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocations in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 to assist the development and progression of technological universities by project and...
  • Budget 2021
    1032. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location and estimated budget of the higher education building projects envisaged in budget 2021, in tabular form and those approved in...
  • Public Private Partnerships
    1033. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public private partnerships his Department is currently engaged in; the name, cost and timeframe of each; the name of all private parties...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    1035. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current weekly rates for full apprenticeship programmes; and if a participant will receive an annual increase to their weekly rate while...
  • Nursing Education
    1036. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places for undergraduate nursing and midwifery in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a...
  • Teagasc Activities
    1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in Teagasc colleges can avail of the laptop scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/20]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1039. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by name of...

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