Written answers
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme
631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a SUSI grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37770/20] - Further Education and Training Programmes
632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the efforts by his Department to roll out a range of bespoke and sectoral targeted courses from Athlone Institute of Technology,... - Adult Education Provision
634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses available for adult literacy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38121/20] - Student Accommodation
635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether an overreliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families... - Education and Training Boards
636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37771/20] - Public Procurement Contracts
637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of contracts of €25,000 or more than have been awarded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department that were... - Apprenticeship Programmes
638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional financial supports that are available to first and second year trade apprentices in view of the fact that wages at this stage of... - School Accommodation
639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the nature of the remedial works required; the body which will meet the cost of... - Higher Education Institutions
640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken following allegations of sexual harassment in UCD; the further actions he plans to take; and if he will make a statement... - Access to Higher Education
641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to education for persons with disabilities and members of the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on... - Education Schemes
642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in direct provision that have availed of the support scheme since changes were made in each year and to date in 2020; and... - Question Heading for question(s) 643
643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37876/20] - Brexit Preparations
644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of businesses that have availed of customs training ahead of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37879/20] - Erasmus+ Programme
645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students from Northern Ireland will be in a position to avail of the Erasmus programme post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the... - Legislative Process
646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all applications made by his Department to the Oireachtas Business Committee to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of primary and... - Departmental Staff
647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37925/20] - Third Level Fees
648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to offer a partial fees refund to third-level students at postgraduate level in view of the move to online... - Further and Higher Education
649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reskill and retrain workers in the area of climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37968/20] - Student Universal Support Ireland
650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI, when calculating the period of time in which an applicant's parents must have been on jobseeker's benefit, has a threshold that states... - Third Level Institutions
651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of his Department relative to the oversight of the HEA and the institutes of technology; if he has a specific role to ensure that good... - Tribunals of Inquiry
652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tribunals, inquiries or investigations being undertaken currently by his Department; the number that are in the process of being... - Education Data
653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level CPD accredited courses available in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; and the number in areas such as biomedical, electrical... - Technological Universities
654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of TU designation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38101/20] - Further and Higher Education
655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed the interim list of eligible providers with the Minister for Justice; and his views on the way in which the list relates to... - Student Universal Support Ireland
656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have availed of SUSI grants in 2020; the percentage this is in relation to the student population at large; and if he... - Third Level Staff
658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons by gender and Department on contracts of indefinite duration at NUIG in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Third Level Fees
662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the €250 rebate to third-level postgraduate students that have had their education moved online; and if he will make a... - Third Level Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 11 November 2020, if he and or the HEA have had communication from the governing body of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships that have been furloughed; the number that have been made redundant as a result of Covid-19; if the introduction of... - Further and Higher Education
665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the uptake of additional further and higher education and training places funded in the July stimulus package by programme and... - Ministerial Meetings
666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to improve all island research and education; the meetings he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in this... - Student Universal Support Ireland
667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the SUSI special grant rate as they have been previously; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Training Fund
669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the transfer of responsibility for the national training fund to his Department has been completed; when he plans to publish the expenditure... - Apprenticeship Programmes
670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays many persons are experiencing between apprentice phases resulting in four year apprenticeships taking in excess of five... - Higher Education Institutions
673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a series (details supplied) on the working conditions in the higher level education sector; and if he will... - Third Level Staff
674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the 440 academic staff in universities and institutes of technology that were in continuous employment in... - Student Universal Support Ireland
676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that applied for a SUSI grant in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of students that were... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that courses announced (details supplied) under the July stimulus package have not been offered at a... - Third Level Education
679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional third-level course places will be made available to the leaving certificate class of 2021, as was afforded the leaving certificate... - Student Universal Support Ireland
680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a change in circumstances has not been taken into consideration for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Employment Rights
683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address workers' rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology, ITs; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the NPHET advice on restrictions for third level institutions will be regularly shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38877/20] - Nursing Staff
685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with the Minister for Health to ensure all student nurses and midwives are paid for the work they do in hospitals as part of... - Higher Education Institutions
690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to continuing staffing gender gaps in third level education institutions including that in 2019 more women work...
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