Written answers
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
1239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase student grants to their highest historical levels in real inflation-adjusted terms. [41228/21] - Third Level Fees
1240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of measures (details supplied). [41230/21] - Further and Higher Education
1241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the process to bring about the full integration of a college (details supplied) into the higher education framework in the... - Youth Services
1242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available to the Youthreach programme to provide counselling for its clients with mental health issues and dual diagnosis;... - Further and Higher Education
1243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the 50,000 further education and training places provided under the pathway to work policy document; and if he will make a... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider removing the requirement to complete 12 weeks of on-the-job training following the completion of phase six of an... - Grant Payments
1246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the departmental steering group review of the student grant scheme; if the review will include a change to the current cap on... - Science Foundation Ireland
1247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding available under Science Foundation Ireland research call SFI Research Infrastructure Programme 2021; the value of the... - Language Schools
1248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the English language regulated industry in Ireland can expect to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39439/21] - EU Funding
1249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of ESF/YEI funding being claimed in arrears in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/21] - Education and Training Provision
1252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of education and training measures in the July 2020 Jobs Stimulus package; the components of the July education and training... - EU Funding
1253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates bringing the draft Partnership Agreement and the draft Operational Programmes for ESF+ 2021-2027; and if he will make a... - Further and Higher Education
1254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the State to implement each of the funding options laid out in the 2016 Cassells report for the 2021-2022 academic... - Grant Payments
1256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the State of increasing SUSI grants by 10%. [39748/21] - Student Accommodation
1260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund affordable student accommodation and housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39752/21] - Third Level Costs
1261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of a targeted fund to fully finance third-level education for 100 persons experiencing homelessness including those... - Grant Payments
1263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the review of the current SUSI scheme; the changes that have been identified; if the new criteria for the scheme will... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated of cost of reducing apprentice fees by 20%, 50% and 100%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39873/21] - Grant Payments
1265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to decrease the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant from 45 km to 24 km; the estimated cost involved in... - Employment Schemes
1267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected yield from a 0.1% increase in 2021 in the national training fund levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39882/21] - State Bodies
1269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees... - Disability Services
1270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports specifically available to students with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40105/21] - Grant Payments
1271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that are in receipt of disability, scholarship or bursary payments are disadvantaged when they apply for SUSI; and if he will make a... - Third Level Education
1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to increase the number of dentistry places available in Irish universities. [40184/21] - Third Level Staff
1273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that the recently announced €24 million funding for an additional 4,620 college places will be directed... - Student Accommodation
1274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that student accommodation providers are asking student to pay multiple months' rent in advance for... - Third Level Staff
1277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the factors giving rise to non-permanent staffing arrangements other than the employment control framework as referenced in a recent... - International Students
1283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of students from the UK coming to Ireland to receive some or all of their education; if their rights and entitlements associated with... - Physical Education
1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for successful transition and increased sports participation and physical activity amongst third-level students; and if he will make a... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make... - Departmental Funding
1286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if he will... - Site Acquisitions
1287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for the County Wexford campus of the technological university of south east Ireland; the timeframe for... - Departmental Funding
1288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if he... - Departmental Communications
1291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of Irish and Israeli Government agencies, research institutes, institutions of higher education and or third-level... - State Examinations
1293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that students who sat the leaving certificate in previous years are not disadvantaged by any potential grade... - Departmental Funding
1297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the private or not-for-profit higher education institutions which are eligible for HEA funding for specific courses or directly via his... - Nursing Education
1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if recently reported figures of 440 healthcare places in third-level included the approximately 50 private nursing placing introduced for the... - Departmental Funding
1302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for reducing the NTF reserve over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41026/21] - Nursing Education
1303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if placements for nursing students from public higher education institutes are provided in private hospitals; the number of placement provided... - International Students
1304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in third-level from outside the EU; the number in public higher education institutes; the number in private... - Education Policy
1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41097/21] - International Students
1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many stamp 2 visa holders are working nursing homes and as carers; the steps that are being... - Grant Payments
1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made for the SUSI grant for the 2020-2021 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those... - Departmental Strategies
1312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place any measures relating to the promotion of the use of public-public partnership agreements in the Irish... - Grant Payments
1313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the SUSI review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41384/21]
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