Written answers
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
1105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that key trades such as plumbers and electricians remain committed to apprenticeship programmes to ensure there is no... - Employment Support Services
1106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and or his officials have engaged with a company (details supplied) in respect of redundancies at the company; and if he has prepared a... - Third Level Fees
1107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that college registration fees are reduced in line with the reduction in face-to-face contact with students by lecturers... - Third Level Education
1108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for students wishing to continue to third-level education abroad in September 2021 given the likely rise in CAO points... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 24 February 2021, the breakdown by county or university on the students who initially qualified for... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
1113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the issue of a participant (details supplied) in a Solas apprenticeship who is unable to progress due to a delay in receiving... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the backlog in the processing of examinations and assessments for participants in apprenticeships; and if he... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on excluding the pandemic unemployment payment from income assessments of SUSI grants for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will... - Legislative Process
1118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the process through which his Department drafts and produces legislation; if his Department outsources the drafting of... - Third Level Education
1119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €1 million announced in July 2020 that was to be ring-fenced for students studying the professional masters in education is... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 631 of 3 March 2021, if a student (details supplied) can be reclassified as a mature independent student... - Departmental Staff
1121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department; the specific position of each; the breakdown of salary by grade in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Communications
1122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Minister of State with responsibility for Skills and Further Education has directly or indirectly canvassed a higher education... - Language Schools
1123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 10 March 2021, if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if language... - Capital Expenditure Programme
1125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the five most recent significant capital projects in the major functional responsibilities of his Department which have required his sanction;... - Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
1126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with CORU regarding the requirement on social care students to complete 300 hours of placement in view of public health... - Third Level Fees
1127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who completed the written leaving certificate examinations in November 2020 and have received deferred college offers to start their... - Third Level Education
1128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make the tertiary education system more accessible to young adults with intellectual additional needs; and if he will make a... - Tourism Industry
1130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two new skills programmes to assist the hospitality and tourism sectors (details supplied) will be expanded to include funding supports... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown on a percentage basis of the prior educational attainment of apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14928/21] - Third Level Education
1137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of college dropouts since 2011 at third-level; the number and percentage of those in receipt of Student Universal... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full list of apprenticeship consortia will be provided; the number of apprentices enrolled under each by new recruits and existing staff... - Technological Universities
1146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to ensure that the Institute of Technology Tralee and Cork Institute of Technology merger to Munster Technological... - Departmental Transport
1147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by his Department and agencies and semi-State companies under his remit broken down by the... - Third Level Admissions
1148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the approximately 20,000 college applicants who applied for courses in 2021 on the basis of leaving certificate results achieved in... - Third Level Fees
1149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that enrolled in third-level courses prior to sitting the leaving certificate in November 2020 will be refunded the fees paid; if it... - Education and Training Provision
1150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the annual training and innovation fund designed to encourage training and education relevant to future skills and issued through his... - National Training Fund
1152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to publish the National Training Fund expenditure report for 2020; if there has been a delay to the usual publication; and if he... - Third Level Education
1154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with dyslexia in further and higher education; the supports that are in place for such persons; the additional supports... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students will see their SUSI grants negatively impacted as a result of receiving the pandemic unemployment payment; the estimated number of... - National Training Fund
1156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional Exchequer expenditure was transferred into the national training fund in 2020 or 2021; if so, the details of such transfers; and... - Project Ireland 2040
1157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project execution, project budget or cost delivery for the repair of the roof and other building fabric at the GMIT Castlebar... - Regional Development
1158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to regional skills fora in each year since 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15443/21] - National Training Fund
1159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to enterprise focused higher education provision in each year since 2017, in tabular form; if there are measurable... - Third Level Admissions
1161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional places created for those intending to study medicine this academic year in order to manage the unintended consequences... - Student Support Schemes
1162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports he is considering for students visiting Ireland that came on the understanding that there would be blended and in-person... - Departmental Correspondence
1163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence received by his Department from a union (details supplied) on 16 March 2021 in respect of the proposed new... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the range of travel and accommodation supports for both craft and post-2016 apprentices; the expenditure in this regard; the number of... - Departmental Expenditure
1175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/21] - Departmental Administrative Arrangements
1176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payment options available for persons to pay fines, charges or bills by his Department; and if there are plans to provide further online...
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