Written answers
Thursday, 8 July 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Technological Universities
11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department played in the appointment of a person (details supplied) to a position. [36551/21] - Apprenticeship Programmes
12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure a greater regional aspect to the newly proposed national apprentice office among the new places being offered... - Technological Universities
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for a technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35501/21] - Further and Higher Education
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed SOLAS FET funding model of the future for the Youthreach programme will be funded based on the number of students completing the... - Apprenticeship Programmes
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36850/21] - Grant Payments
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI qualification thresholds will be increased; the other initiatives he plans to assist students and their families meet the financial... - Further and Higher Education
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to ensure that the voice of persons with disabilities are heard in further and higher educational institutions by... - Third Level Education
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that students in this jurisdiction looking to study outside of the CAO system are not disadvantaged by the late... - Technological Universities
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress with the Connacht-Ulster Alliance following its application for a technological university; the likely timeline involved; if this can... - Third Level Education
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing university places which feed into the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35502/21] - Further and Higher Education
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, on the basis that one of Europe’s largest off-shore windfarms is planned for development off the Clare coast, he will give... - Education and Training Boards
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options being put in place by his Department to fund large-scale capital projects for education and training boards; if the eligibility for... - Third Level Costs
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the student contribution charge in 2022 for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36802/21] - Further and Higher Education
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols in place which would allow third-level institutions to canvass for and secure funding from private companies for the development of... - Grant Payments
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI deduction for holiday earnings earned outside of term time up to a maximum of €4,500 is being applied to students who received... - Adult Education Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date under the National Adult Literacy Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36855/21] - Apprenticeship Programmes
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he is confident that adequate apprenticeships or retraining places remain available throughout 2021 and thereafter for the... - Institutes of Technology
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his recent engagements in relation to a facility (details supplied); if he will provide clarity regarding the ongoing situation; and if he will... - Grant Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment can have €4,500 disregarded in line with the normal... - Third Level Education
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the take-up of the Erasmus programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36857/21] - Cúrsaí Gaeilge
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil ról an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas i leith athchóiriú na Gaeilge mar theanga... - Grant Payments
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to raise the thresholds of eligibility and the grants for higher education grants under the SUSI scheme in view of the... - Institutes of Technology
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 23 June 2021, the amount of financial support provided by his Department and or the HEA to Dundalk... - Further and Higher Education
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made by his Department to introduce a sustainable funding model to address the funding deficit of the higher education sector... - Third Level Education
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions his Department is making to provide additional third-level capacity for the expert professions needed to provide the proper... - Grant Payments
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment and who now face cuts to their SUSI grant as a result of the... - Third Level Education
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of a recently published report (details supplied) and in particular those recommendations... - Third Level Admissions
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the situation in 2020 whereby many students who sat the leaving certificate in previous years were pushed out of their CAO course... - Covid-19 Pandemic
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guarantee that can issue to third-level students that a decision on the return to face-to-face third-level teaching will issue before students... - Grant Payments
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will still be eligible for SUSI grants. [36790/21] - Third Level Admissions
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of medicine and nursing places that have already been filled by those that deferred and or who sat their leaving certificate in... - Student Accommodation
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the substantial increase in on-campus accommodation costs for higher education institutes for the 2021-2022... - Apprenticeship Programmes
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices recruited in 2021 under the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme; the targets for the scheme for the remainder of 2021... - Technological Universities
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress report of the Technical University of the South-East; when the report is expected to be finalised; and if he will make... - Grant Payments
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was an increase in the number of students who received a reduction in their grant in 2020-2021 compared to previous years; his views on... - Departmental Strategies
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop the next national research and innovation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36851/21] - Technological Universities
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to offer new and additional courses at the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest’s Ennis campus.... - Third Level Education
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the September 2021 reopening plans for third-level, further education, training and skills institutes and services; if the relevant institutions,... - Apprenticeship Programmes
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering additional measures or initiatives to help recruit mature apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the... - Further and Higher Education
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned supports to improve access to further and higher education and training learners with disabilities; and if he will make a... - Grant Payments
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove the pandemic unemployment payment from the reckonable income calculations for the SUSI scheme in order that students who... - Further and Higher Education
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Plunket College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a... - Apprenticeship Programmes
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to provide extra places on apprenticeship schemes for the building trade; the steps he has taken to attract more persons to... - Comhfhreagras Rannach
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aontaíonn sé go bhfuil dualgas aige comhfhreagras trí Ghaeilge a fhreagairt as Gaeilge, de réir Acht na dTeangacha... - Third Level Education
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the full integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's into the higher education system in the south-east region; and if he will... - Technological Universities
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all of the necessary structures have now been put in place including the appointment of the board of management for the Munster Technological... - Further and Higher Education
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Whitehall College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a full return to campus at the start of the 2021 academic year; the status of the use of antigen tests to enable this... - Third Level Education
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned supports to integrate students back on campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36843/21] - Apprenticeship Programmes
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new apprenticeship programmes due to come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36852/21] - Technological Universities
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for continued engagement with Munster Technological University as it develops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36762/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been provision made for the third-level students who cannot for physiological reasons avail of the Covid-19 vaccine but wish to... - Third Level Education
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the €3 million secured in 2020 to underpin well-being and mental health and student services in higher education institutions was... - Grant Payments
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department has taken to ensure the SUSI application process and in particular the area of family estrangement is more reflective of... - Institutes of Technology
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider establishing an engineering certification in the Ennis campus of Limerick Institute of Technology in order to provide... - Technological Universities
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans and facilities including the range of courses and number of students and staff involved with the Ennis third-level campus of the... - Further and Higher Education
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to further support digital online learning for students in further and higher education to enable their full participation; and if he...
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