Written answers

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

  • EU Funding
    731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received any of the State allocation of the EU React funding; if so, the amount; and the areas of expenditure under the...
  • Nursing Education
    732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 21 March 2021, if the current intake quota for student nurses at third-level is due to limits on...
  • Third Level Fees
    733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will review the possibility of retrospective further tax relief on third-level fees; if measures will be considered which can...
  • Student Grant Scheme
    734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending the Student Support Act 2011 to support Irish students studying within the EU who would qualify for SUSI support if...
  • Third Level Admissions
    735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for students wishing to study medicine in Irish universities; the annual intake of first year students; his views...
  • Erasmus+ Programme
    736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish students enrolled in Erasmus abroad and in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21464/21]
  • Third Level Education
    737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish students enrolled on joint programmes abroad and in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21465/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine for returning non-Erasmus third-level students; and if he will make a...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department plans to allocate funding to pre-apprenticeship training programmes that work predominantly with early school leavers and offer...
  • Youthreach Programme
    746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills he capacity in each of the youthreach services in County Westmeath in tabular form. [21514/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure financial assistance towards the cost of quarantine is put in place for returning students who are currently on unpaid...
  • Third Level Fees
    752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the recent fee exemption for Erasmus students to all students that are required to spend time overseas as part of their course;...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional investment that will be required to reduce the staff-student ratio to 15:1. [21611/21]
  • Third Level Fees
    754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who are Irish citizens that are denied the free fees initiative under the residency criteria, that is, having not been...
  • Language Schools
    755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings he or his officials have had with stakeholders from the English language school sector; the status of his plans to ensure...
  • Student Support Schemes
    756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commission a cost-benefit analysis review of adding a university (details supplied) and other open colleges which issue QQI awards and...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months to move to the next stage of their apprenticeship; and if he will make a...
  • Third Level Fees
    758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation that has arisen in which non-national leaving certificate students hoping to progress to further...
  • Third Level Costs
    760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost to the State of abolishing the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21759/21]
  • Student Universal Support Ireland
    762. 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 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of students that were...
  • Irish Language
    764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language;...
  • Technological Universities
    766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made towards giving Thurles and Clonmel university towns status; the approximate date by which such status will be formally...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants who are registered on craft apprenticeship pre-apprenticeship programmes; the number of these participants who are...
  • Student Grant Scheme
    771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the student grants appeals board in 2019 and 2020; the number of meetings held by the board; the number of appeals...
  • Lobbying Regulation
    772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the bodies and advisory structures under the aegis of his Department which are subject to the transparency code; if all such...
  • Third Level Education
    773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are taking place to identify and prioritise the students that can return to third-level campuses as soon as possible; if work has...
  • Third Level Admissions
    776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 21 April 2021, if this is an exhaustive list of all quotas on intake numbers applied to third level...
  • Third Level Institutions
    779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1302, 1340 and 1341 of 21 April 2021, if his Department or the HEA monitor or collate information on the...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the funding of the Technological University Dublin pilot pre-apprenticeship programme between industry, the HEA and the Social...
  • Third Level Institutions
    782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary Question Nos. 1313 and 1314 of 21 April 2021, if the total planned Exchequer programme B and National Training Fund,...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1318 of 21 April 2021, if his Department or any other State agency monitor or collects data in relation to...
  • National Training Fund
    786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1326 of 21 April 2021, the annual and reserve surplus of the NTF by 2025 if expenditure remained stable but...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for...
  • Departmental Advertising
    788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on advertising and public messaging in print, broadcast and online since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the...
  • Student Support Schemes
    789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of core funding provided to public institutions that is ring-fenced for student supports, for example, counselling, access office,...
  • Electric Vehicles
    790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of replacing State vehicles which are owned by his Department or agencies under his remit with hybrid or electric models; and...

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