Written answers

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

  • Student Support Schemes
    517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of paying the once-off €250 grant to PhD students now rather than on graduation, as is the case for...
  • Student Accommodation
    518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protections being provided for students in the 2021-2022 academic year in relation to the payment of accommodation on or near campuses; if...
  • Student Retention Rates
    519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have dropped out of college to date in the 2020-2021 academic year. [5073/21]
  • Work Placement Programmes
    520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for social care students who undertake placements as part of their courses (details supplied). [5075/21]
  • Third Level Admissions
    522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who opted to defer their studies in the 2020-2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5078/21]
  • Higher Education Institutions
    523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to city and guild courses delivered through institutes of further education (details supplied) that have to date...
  • Student Support Schemes
    525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered additional financial supports for PhD students in receipt of a scholarship that do not benefit from the €50 million...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland
    526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention had been drawn to the taxable nature of the €250 SUSI rebate given in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of higher education institutions that continue to charge repeat exam fees for modules taken during the Covid-19...
  • Student Accommodation
    531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to assist the large number of third-level students who paid for student accommodation and were subsequently directed to stay...
  • Third Level Fees
    532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to waive the fee for an institute (details supplied) for medical professionals who studied in the UK in view of the fact that mutual...
  • Medical Research and Training
    534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the inclusion of a special policy for biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis and other under investigated...
  • Third Level Education
    535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist students who are required to complete a certain number of weeks of laboratory work in order to progress in their degree but...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the current proposals by the Higher Education Authority and SOLAS to clear the backlog of apprentices due to finish a job block...
  • Erasmus+ Programme
    537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to protect the access of Northern Ireland applicants to the Erasmus programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 21 January 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the inability of SOLAS to provide...
  • Student Accommodation
    543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average rent per student in purpose-built student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5723/21]
  • Third Level Examinations
    544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on in-person testing assessments under level 5 restrictions in further and higher education institutions; his views on whether the...
  • Student Support Schemes
    545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing the once-off €250 student payment to students in one-year pre-university access courses and foundation...
  • Higher Education Institutions
    546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation to each of the 23 higher education institutions in respect of the fund announced on 22 January 2021 to assist students with...
  • Third Level Fees
    549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of tuition fees; if these fees have been finalised for Irish students considering their options to take up third level education in a...

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