Written answers

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Department of Education and Skills

 
  • Third Level Costs
    59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending the SUSI terms and conditions to ensure that students whose parents were working and became ill and accessed illness...
  • Third Level Education
    64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with universities, the Department of Health and the HSE to increase college places in the area of mental...
  • Third Level Fees
    67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students who previously sat a year on a different course were excluded from the €1,000 discount on third levels fees when they...
  • Departmental Properties
    68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered keeping the Aungier Street campus of TU Dublin in public ownership due to the lack of public facilities in the area; and if...
  • Student Accommodation
    69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to significantly expand and incentivise the construction of student accommodation in Waterford, given the designation of Waterford as a...
  • Third Level Education
    70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to deliver an increased provision of healthcare education, given the recent recognition by the Minister for Health that we...
  • Cybersecurity Policy
    73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagement with all third level institutions in view of the recent cyber breach at Munster Technological University, MTU; and if he will make...
  • Third Level Education
    74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered gathering demographic data on where students in universities and colleges went to secondary school and publishing same. [6883/23]
  • Third Level Admissions
    75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the current review and appeal process by third level institutions participating with the higher education access route;...
  • Third Level Fees
    76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to extending the €1,000 fee reduction to students who moved courses and were required to pay higher fees,...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2022; the number of people waiting over six months to access off-the-job training; if the...
  • Third Level Costs
    78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the action taken by his Department to address shortfalls in residency requirements for SUSI applications for applicants whose residency...
  • Further and Higher Education
    79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create additional places in further and higher education facilities in the 2023-24 academic year to ensure the provision of graduates...
  • Education and Training Boards
    80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his engagement with stakeholders, including unions and education providers, to resolve the pay and conditions...
  • Research and Development
    81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he intends to take to improve the interface between the wider research community and the Government; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Departmental Reviews
    82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the ongoing PhD review; if a more formal consultation process will take place later in the review process that will...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in publishing an updated Apprenticeship Action Plan to look at new ways of structuring, funding and promoting...
  • Departmental Reviews
    85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the progress of the national review into PhD conditions; if he will provide a full work plan for the review as laid out by the...
  • Third Level Education
    86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who graduated from faculties (details supplied) by university in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • International Bodies
    87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of Ireland's application to join CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2037/23]
  • Mental Health Policy
    88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with the Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education docment produced by the Oireachtas Joint Committee...
  • Further and Higher Education
    89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create additional places in further and higher education facilities in the 2023-24 academic year to ensure the provision of an...
  • Third Level Costs
    90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the publication of the review of the student grant scheme that identified a significant unmet demand for part-time learning among students; the...
  • Departmental Data
    91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have accepted CAO offers in each of the past ten years; the number of persons who have dropped out of college in each of...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will reach its target of 10,000 apprentices in 2023. [6884/23]
  • Third Level Education
    93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference with regard to the consideration of a location for a new veterinary school; and if he is confident that any newly...
  • Technological Universities
    94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work being done to help progress technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if...
  • Education and Training Provision
    95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his engagement with the Minister for Education concerning the provision of higher education training courses for special needs...
  • Further and Higher Education
    96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the present intake into courses catering to the key areas of health needs; and if he will indicate whether there are plans for new initiatives to...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of any engagement he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to increasing the uptake of...

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