Written answers
Thursday, 9 September 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Strategies
792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans to introduce the necessary learning opportunities within third-level education facilities in terms of artificial intelligence and... - Covid-19 Tests
793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further details in relation to the pilot programme on antigen testing his Department is conducting; and if he will make a... - Apprenticeship Programmes
794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in relation to third-level apprenticeships, lifelong learning and dealing with the growing demand for skilled workers in new industries... - Grant Payments
795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications that were rejected on the basis that the pandemic unemployment payment brought their income over the threshold in... - Third Level Education
803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of international students of full-time higher education students in the public and private higher education sectors, respectively;... - Further and Higher Education
805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English language students in the State in each of the years since 2016; the number of English as a foreign language students in... - Departmental Staff
807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis... - Further and Higher Education
808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1243 of 27 July 2021, the number of places it is anticipated that will be added under each of the... - Third Level Staff
810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 24 June 2021, the overall percentage of academic and research staff in full-time permanent... - Nursing Education
811. 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 placements provided... - Apprenticeship Programmes
812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if experience providing on-the-job training to apprentices qualifies towards teaching and training experience if a tradesperson wishes to pursue... - Departmental Funding
813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding received by private colleges, institutes of technology and universities under Springboard and Springboard+ in each year for... - Third Level Costs
814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1069 of 15 June 2021 and further correspondence in this regard of 22 July 2021 (details supplied), if the... - Third Level Reform
815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether reform to the HEA legislation should contain an explicit reference to the aim of restoring the Irish language as is... - Third Level Education
816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding successfully drawn down by each HEI as part of the 2014 – 2020 Horizon programme; the amount successfully drawn down... - Science Foundation Ireland
817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of SFI funding received by each EU NUTS 2 and 3 region in the state per year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Third Level Education
818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of PhD students enrolled in each HEI since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41691/21] - Apprenticeship Programmes
821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the off-the-job training capacity for each craft apprenticeship in 2019, in tabular form; the off-the-job training capacity for each craft... - Further and Higher Education
823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total public funding received by private colleges under vote 45 previously 26 and the National Training Fund in each year since 2011, in... - Apprenticeship Programmes
827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector in each of the years 2000 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make... - Third Level Fees
828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of successful appeals made to SUSI in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [41828/21] - Further and Higher Education
830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 2148 of 27 July 2021, if all specified nursing places are in public institutes of higher education; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41883/21] - Flexible Work Practices
832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the... - Third Level Fees
833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI grant recipients including a parent in receipt of a widows or widowers pension. [42038/21] - Third Level Education
837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to the long-awaited reopening of third-level education; and if... - Further and Higher Education
838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make formal enquiries to Solas regarding the delay in making the education and training fund agreed available to workers (details... - Language Schools
839. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when English language schools will be permitted to enrol international students; the reason English language schools are being treated... - Direct Provision System
840. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the estimated €10 million (details supplied) current spending related to implementing the new direct provision system;... - Further and Higher Education
841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow a late appeal for a person (details supplied). [42581/21] - Apprenticeship Programmes
842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender breakdown in construction-related apprenticeships over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/21] - Third Level Education
847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has directed third-level institutes to resume in person teaching; if students who have no choice from their college but to continue remote... - Flexible Work Practices
849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the... - Special Educational Needs
851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42817/21] - Third Level Fees
852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in Ireland applying for the SUSI grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42888/21] - Student Accommodation
853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in Ireland in student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42889/21] - Third Level Fees
854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the SUSI grant scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42890/21] - Government Communications
857. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his ministerial phones have been hacked or attempted to be hacked during the term of office. [42926/21] - Freedom of Information
859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of... - Apprenticeship Programmes
860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the difficulty prospective trade apprentices experience in finding an apprenticeship employer in view of the... - Commissions of Investigation
861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [42993/21] - Further and Higher Education
862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next higher education research and development survey will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43025/21] - Ministerial Appointments
865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of formal and informal roles held by a person (details supplied) in the name of his Department or associated agency in the lifetime of... - Government Communications
866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and or his special advisers and-or officials use or have used services (details supplied) to communicate in the past 18 months. [43073/21]
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