Written answers

Wednesday, 10 February 2021

  • Education Policy
    576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding increasing digital literacy among citizens and businesses, as detailed in the programme for Government.; and if he will make...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement between his Department, CORU and education providers regarding social care students and their difficulties in relation to...
  • Third Level Education
    578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Cassells report; the number of potential funding options including the deferred payment of student fees;...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that those engaged in apprenticeship studies are facing prolonged delays due to the completion of their...
  • Further and Higher Education
    580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to research and science students; and if he...
  • Technological Universities (1 comment)
    581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on Dundalk Institute of Technology becoming a technological university under the Technological Universities Act 2018;...
  • Science Foundation Ireland
    583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies by job title in Science Foundation Ireland; the length of time each post has been vacant; and the estimated full year...
  • Institutes of Technology
    584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the major refurbishment works on the north and south block buildings at Dundalk Institute of Technology has commenced; the estimated cost of...
  • Youthreach Programme
    585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Youthreach coordinators in the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board who have received payment above their annual salaries...
  • Education and Training Boards
    586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external training contractors running courses in County Meath under the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board in 2019; and...
  • Erasmus+ Programme
    587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he had with Minister for the Economy, Diane Dodds and the Department for Economy in Northern Ireland on the Erasmus+ scheme and...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices that have been stopped from qualifying or advancing to the next year due to the disruption to off-the-job training; the...
  • Erasmus+ Programme
    589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to allow students from Northern Ireland to continue to access the Erasmus+ programme; if the cost includes financial support...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his latest engagement with EU research ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7005/21]
  • Research and Development
    593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for a European research area forum for transition; the priorities of the research area; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Student Accommodation
    594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a situation (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; the engagement he has had with this particular institution with a view to...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland
    595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pandemic unemployment payments will be assessed as reckonable income for special rates of SUSI grants in 2021; and if he will make a statement...
  • English Language Training Organisations
    596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the International Education Mark will be implemented; when his Department will publish details on the implementation process including the...
  • Student Grant Scheme
    597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support students enrolled in graduate medical programmes during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7114/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 21 January 2021, if third-level students from Ireland studying in Northern Ireland and not in...
  • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
    600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects SOLAS to make its classes, including those for the Safe Pass card, available for remote learning; and if he will make a statement...
  • Student Grant Scheme
    601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student grant income thresholds will be increased for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7342/21]

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