Written answers

Thursday, 1 June 2023

  • Further and Higher Education
    85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is a sufficient increase in capacity in veterinary schools in Ireland to meet the growing...
  • Third Level Costs
    88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that students who secure a third level place are not prevented from taking-up their place as a result of the...
  • Research and Development
    94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps which he intends to take to improve the interface between the wider research community and Government; and if he will make a statement...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to the establishment of an apprenticeship centre of excellence in west Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Further and Higher Education
    98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 30 March 2023, if he will indicate in which academic year the additional academic places will be...
  • Research and Development
    100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the national review of State supports for PhD researchers; the outcome of the recent consultation on this issue;...
  • Third Level Education
    101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to increase the number of places in third level education for mental health that would escalate the number of professionals entering...
  • Further and Higher Education
    102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further outline hisplans to expand SUSI eligibility to part-time students, as has been reported in the media; and if he will make a...
  • Student Accommodation
    103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being taken to ensure affordable on-campus student accommodation for the upcoming college semester in Cork; and if he will...
  • Third Level Fees
    104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will use the opportunity of Budget 2024 to abolish all registration and tuition fees for undergraduate students; and if he will make a...
  • Cross-Border Co-operation
    105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in advancing collaboration on a North/South basis in the provision of further education throughout this country; and if he...
  • Technological Universities
    106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no clear objective in the South East Technological University Strategic Plan 2023-2028 to deliver a campus in Kilkenny city;...
  • Third Level Staff
    107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work his Department is carrying out to address precarious work conditions for PhD researchers and early year academics; if he has engaged...
  • Further and Higher Education
    108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the process of selecting a higher education institute to facilitate increased capacity in veterinary medicine. [26749/23]
  • Third Level Staff
    110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends in Budget 2024 to ensure that all PhD researchers receive a stipend of at least the living wage; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Further and Higher Education
    111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider third-level registration fees and post-graduate fees with a view to making it easier for people to improve their educational...
  • Research and Development
    112. 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. [16972/23]
  • Further and Higher Education
    113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what factors influence the availability of college places; how much weight he is giving to industry needs, for example the construction and...
  • Student Accommodation
    116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has interacted with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a campaign; and if he will give a commitment to further engage with...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to engage with key sectors, including the public service, in order to develop a single portal where people can not only get...
  • Further and Higher Education
    118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the value of the National Training Fund, his further plans for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26611/23]
  • Technological Universities
    120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered creating the role of professor within the new technological universities in order that these institutions might...
  • Further and Higher Education
    121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 30 March 2023, if he will provide a status update on the proposed new further education college in...
  • Third Level Admissions
    123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on efforts to reform the CAO system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26754/23]
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the three new farming apprenticeships launched in September 2022; the uptake of places on these apprenticeships;...
  • Third Level Education
    126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conversations he and his Department have had with the Department of Health in relation to increasing clinical spaces in mental health care to...
  • Further and Higher Education
    128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Kilkenny and Carlow...
  • Third Level Fees
    131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in relation to student fees, and how reductions could be used to ease the cost-of-living for students; and if he will make a statement...
  • Third Level Costs
    132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his recent meeting with student and stakeholder groups to discuss reducing the cost of third level education;...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on apprenticeships; his plans to address the backlogs in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Further and Higher Education
    136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available on the third-level access course in each of the past five years and in the next academic year; and if he will make...
  • Student Accommodation
    137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his engagement with Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage concerning the provision of student accommodation....
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 9 May 2023, the details of any engagement he or his Department has had with local authorities around...
  • Student Accommodation
    139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Budget 2024 will include measures to ensure that student accommodation is affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26747/23]
  • Further and Higher Education
    140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken a study to determine if there is any disparity in rates of youth emigration across different graduate groups based on their...

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