Written answers
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Mental Health Services
1261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made into student mental health services over the past three academic years. [20706/21] - Third Level Admissions
1263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student that received a higher CAO offer in November 2020 after taking up a third-level course will be expected to pay first-year student... - Third Level Education
1264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the delivery of third-level college places; the location of the additional third-level places to be allocated; and if... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to increase the SUSI grant threshold. [18288/21] - Student Support Schemes
1266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for the DARE scheme by a student (details supplied) will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/21] - Student Grant Scheme
1267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third-level students who are not in receipt of a SUSI grant and received the €250 once-off Covid-19 payment; and if he will... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is fair that SUSI recipients of the Covid student support payment are specifically exempt from tax however the non-SUSI... - Third Level Examinations
1270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to support students in rural areas who are unable to attend or access a college course due to a lack of broadband and as a... - Language Schools
1271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will remain in place for language schools to allow the industry to protect itself until it can return to business with the... - Research and Development
1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of publicly funded research being produced which is open access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18375/21] - Third Level Fees
1273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has to pay further fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18412/21] - Apprenticeship Programmes
1274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) who is completing a plumbing apprenticeship will be able to start their first stage of college; and if he will... - Institutes of Technology
1275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the work of the Higher Education Authority and the subcommittee of the governing body of Galway Mayo Institute of... - Student Support Schemes
1278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to access to educational supports will receive a response. [18509/21] - Third Level Staff
1280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the practice by the Science Foundation of Ireland Centre for Research Training at the University of Limerick... - Institutes of Technology
1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students studying at the Mayo campus of GMIT since 2005, by course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18638/21] - Third Level Education
1285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on talks with the aim of finding an alternative to placements for social care students in order to allow them to... - Regional Action Plan for Jobs
1286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a western regional skills forum to determine the current and future needs of employers in relation to education, skills and... - Third Level Education
1287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the higher education courses which include a compulsory placement element; if students are entitled to be paid on these... - Student Assistance Fund
1288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount that has been distributed through the student assistance fund over the past twelve months to support students with... - Gender Recognition
1289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure there are common practices across third-level institutions for the recognition of the names and genders of transgender and... - Institutes of Technology
1290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans for new apprenticeship programmes by Letterkenny Institute of Technology and ETB Donegal will be supported; and if he will make a... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding a university (details supplied) for the purpose of SUSI grant aid and other open colleges which make QQI awards and... - Third Level Fees
1294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of altering the free fees criteria to encompass students enrolled on a graduate entry programme who already hold a level 8... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time an apprentice is out of education and or unemployed before taking up an apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the... - Third Level Admissions
1298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 1 April 2021, the subjects that have intake limits or quotas issued from his or any other... - Third Level Education
1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for first year veterinary medicine in UCD each year; the number allocated to students in Northern Ireland; and if... - Third Level Admissions
1300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of all institution and courses that provide allocated places for students from Northern Ireland or make special... - Third Level Institutions
1301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational staff to student ratio in each higher education institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18853/21] - Apprenticeship Programmes
1304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per student on the Technological University DIT pilot pre-apprenticeship programme; the number transferred to apprenticeships; and if... - Third Level Staff
1305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time, fixed term, zero hour, short-term and unpaid contracts that exist in each university, institute of technology and... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland
1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request from a centre (details supplied) for a waiver of the QQ1 regarding the engagement fee based on section 80 of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in further education institutions will be afforded the Covid €250 grant. [19196/21] - Technological Universities
1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of each project, description and funding he identified as having being already allocated a variety of projects in... - Third Level Institutions
1309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed schedule with respect to the €966 million provided in capital funding across the higher education sector in... - Straitéisí Ranna
1311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dul chun cinn atá déanta ag a Roinn go dáta le feidhm a thabhairt don gheallúint i gclár an Rialtais go mbeidh cur... - Third Level Institutions
1313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State expenditure per student in higher education in 2021 including Covid-19 related expenditure; the cost per student excluding Covid-19... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost associated with a craft apprenticeship excluding the 45% used for allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of all qualifying students in receiving the €250 refund on fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19391/21] - Further and Higher Education
1325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expansion of a further education and training course hub with a new campus for a school (details supplied) will be delivered. [19572/21] - National Training Fund
1326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projections for the future revenue of the national training fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19579/21] - Student Accommodation
1328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to construct a single-occupancy bedroom as part of a student accommodation complex; if he plans to alter the policy on the way they... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been contacted by students on the Erasmus programme who are concerned about mandatory quarantine and the fees associated with same;... - Appointments to State Boards
1331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19816/21] - Vaccination Programme
1335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Minister for Health, the HSE and or higher education institutes to ensure that students on clinical placements in... - Institutes of Technology
1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the PPP proposal to construct a new engineering building on the grounds of Waterford Institute of Technology; the new target date... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide an income disregard for a student on the pandemic unemployment payment who is applying to SUSI for a grant given that they... - SOLAS Funding
1338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount of the Solas fund established for a group (details supplied) that is still available; if he has considered allowing this... - Student Universal Support Ireland
1339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student nurses who were requested by the State to work during the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020 will be penalised by SUSI when their... - Third Level Staff
1342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staff-to-teacher ratio in higher education since 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/21] - Research and Development
1343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional information will be provided on the all-island research centres referenced in his Departments statement of strategy 2021-2023; and... - Adult Education Provision
1344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has or will be made available by his Department as part of the adult literacy strategy to implement the Labour Court... - Third Level Fees
1346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the prohibitive fees for graduate entry to medicine programmes; the steps he is taking to address the matter;... - Asylum Seekers
1347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were supported by the student support scheme for asylum seekers in 2019-2020 academic year. [20673/21] - Third Level Fees
1348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of altering the free fees criteria to include migrants, asylum seeker and undocumented students. [20674/21] - Refugee Status
1349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently studying in higher education institutions who are registered as having refugee status. [20675/21] - Third Level Staff
1352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each two point reduction in the academic staff-to-student ratio for universities; and if he will make a statement on the... - Appointments to State Boards
1353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will... - Back to Education Allowance
1354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students receiving the back to education allowance who also applied for the student assistance fund based on the latest figures... - Institutes of Technology
1356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works will be completed on the merger of Limerick Institute of Technology and Athlone IT into a technological university; and if he will... - Caiteachas Ranna
1357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad airgead atá á chaitheamh ag a Roinn le cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge a sholáthar ag an tríú...
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