Written answers
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail progress on supporting more students with disabilities to access further and higher education, including the status of the new... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the measures in place within the third level education sector to support a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment and... - Further and Higher Education
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s strategy to support universal design and inclusive practices in further and higher education; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for students to access to mental health supports in further and higher education, including waiting time for appointments;... - Ukraine War
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an ongoing evaluation of the various supports and helpline set up for displaced Ukrainian students wishing to apply for higher... - Third Level Staff
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that he plans to address the ongoing issue of low pay and precarious contracts of many academic staff now exacerbated by the spiralling... - Disadvantaged Status
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on measures to support students of DEIS schools to access further and higher education; and if he will make a... - Third Level Fees
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm plans to reduce the student contribution charge as part of the next budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ukraine War
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the integration into the Irish higher education system of Ukrainian students and researchers who have been displaced... - Grant Payments
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline measures to improve funding supports for students in further and higher education, including an update on the review of the... - Gender Balance
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department’s strategy to encourage more female participation in science, technology, engineering and maths; and if... - Grant Payments
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the recent changes to SUSI in terms of student holiday earning will not kick in until application for the 2023/2024... - Apprenticeship Programmes
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recent engagements he has with Solas and the higher education authority to identify additional solutions to address the large number of... - Further and Higher Education
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop and support further and higher education in County Monaghan. [35748/22] - Third Level Education
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagement with the Minister for Health to increase the number of graduates from clinical therapies, including but not limited to occupational... - Third Level Fees
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the lowering of the student contribution charge will lessen the cost of living for students; and if he will make a statement on the... - Apprenticeship Programmes
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of apprenticeship programmes, including new programme provision expected in 2022; and if he will... - Further and Higher Education
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 19 May 2022, when the final report of the expert panel commissioned by Solas to review the funding... - Third Level Costs
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that he is putting in place to address student poverty; if he will consider introducing free public transport and investing in... - Mental Health Services
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all third level institutions have sufficient mental health and well-being measures in place for their students; his... - Education and Training Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure measures that his Department has taken to reskill and retrain those who have been affected in their employment as a result of... - Technological Universities
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital budget that he will seek to allocate to the South East Technological University in the next Budget; and if he will make a statement on... - Third Level Fees
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans to introduce free higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36675/22] - Apprenticeship Programmes
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is successfully making apprenticeships available to marginalised groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/22] - Grant Payments
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current levels of qualifying income for third level SUSI grants and fees; the average household income in the State at the moment; and if he... - Apprenticeship Programmes
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans for further incentives for employers making apprenticeships available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Dental Services
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing the dental sector regarding the retention of dentists in Ireland following the completion... - Departmental Strategies
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline commitments under the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 and accompanying... - Ukraine War
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the Department’s supports to assist Ukrainian people seeking access to third level education in the new... - Education Schemes
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the new Innovate for Ireland initiative, including supports and the planned process under the initiative; and if he will make a... - Further and Higher Education
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress made by Solas in reviewing an application of an organisation (details supplied) for capital funding in order to deliver on... - Apprenticeship Programmes
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which his Department continues to facilitate the development of apprenticeship and upskilling educational and or retraining... - Third Level Costs
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received any estimates of the cost of participating in third level education, both when living at home and living away from home and the... - Third Level Education
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purposes for which the extra funding for third level education recently announced by him will be used; the amount of this extra funding that... - Further and Higher Education
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that the new places he has made available in higher education will be adequate to address the skills shortages right across the economy;... - Third Level Education
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that his Department is supporting incoming first year students from the national access routes HEAR and DARE; if he is concerned about the... - Further and Higher Education
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 19 May 2022, the status of the Higher Education Reform Implementation Review Group; the membership of... - Grant Payments
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the benefits that will accrue to students this autumn as a result of changes to the adjacent and non-adjacent grant system rules; the breakdown of... - Renewable Energy Generation
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the engagement he has had with the offshore renewable sector; if he is conscious of the need to ensure a steady pipeline of... - Grant Payments
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who had their SUSI grants withdrawn from them during the academic term in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.... - Technological Universities
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when new signage for the Technological University of the Shannon, Ennis campus will be erected. [36580/22] - Apprenticeship Programmes
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail progress on apprenticeship commitments, including take up of apprenticeships by sector and county to date in 2022, in tabular... - Third Level Admissions
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the increase in university places in September 2022; his plans to further expand course places in the coming years; and if he... - Further and Higher Education
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 158 and 173 of 19 May 2022, if his Department has reviewed the 2023 funding provision to support Local... - Student Accommodation
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements he has had with a view to increasing the provision of on campus accommodation for students. [35749/22] - Third Level Education
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of health care courses or programmes available to persons wishing to enter or remain in therapy disciplines including speech and... - Third Level Admissions
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase undergraduate and graduate entry places for medical, nursing, health, social care and well-being further and higher... - Grant Payments
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons granted a SUSI grant in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [36550/22] - Apprenticeship Programmes
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered an increase to the apprentice pay rates given the rising cost of living. [36772/22] - Further and Higher Education
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that universal design for learning policies that are embedded within each further and higher education... - Technological Universities
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his future plans for MTU Kerry Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36718/22] - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to ensure the roll-out of a sexual violence response programme (details supplied) to all third level educational... - Special Educational Needs
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail new initiatives to support autistic students and those with an intellectual disability to access third level education; and if... - Grant Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the 25 per cent increase recommended SUSI review does not take account of recent price increases; if his Department will... - Departmental Funding
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure in 2021 for further education colleges; the level of capital funding provided for this sector in 2022; and if he will make...
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