Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Student Accommodation
1373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to upscale the provision of student accommodation for those who are coming to Ireland to study from abroad on a short-term... - Technological Universities
1374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details regarding the process for technological universities (TUs) to apply for HEA capital infrastructure funding aimed at... - Third Level Education
1375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to increase the number of places on social workers’ graduate programmes by 25%; how many additional places this equates to; and... - Technological Universities
1376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support SETU’s bid for a new veterinary medicine school at its campus, given that there is only one veterinary school in the... - Further and Higher Education
1377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he agrees that adult education tutors do the same work as their permanent colleagues in the Further Education and Training Sector and should... - Artificial Intelligence
1379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47337/23] - Third Level Education
1381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for an Irish student with two years of study done in veterinary medicine in a university in Budapest to transfer to University... - Further and Higher Education
1382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of 'irreconcilably estranged' in the context of proof of independence from parents for a SUSI grant application; and what proof will... - Third Level Education
1384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is supporting students with severe disabilities to access and attend third level education and further education... - Further and Higher Education
1386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept that those over the age of 23 years are not living at home as independent of their parents, regardless of the type of accommodation or... - Ministerial Staff
1388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of statements of interests for the purposes of Section 19 that have been filed by his special advisors in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to... - Departmental Advertising
1391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the advertising spend of his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department, by national media outlet and... - Official Engagements
1393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the... - Third Level Staff
1395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is implementing to address the issues raised by the motion passed by Seanad Éireann (details supplied) relating... - Education and Training Boards
1396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocation of capital grants made available, per ETB, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [47885/23] - Education and Training Provision
1397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the proposed centre of excellence for electric vehicle management in Mullingar. [47887/23] - Education Costs
1399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what financial supports can be made available to graduate entry medical students who are struggling with high course fees and a lack of loan... - Education and Training Boards
1400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Leaving Certificate (Established) is being taken from the College of Further Education and Training, O'Connell Avenue, Limerick,... - Third Level Reform
1401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the University of Limerick's application to become the location for Ireland's second veterinary school (details supplied); and... - Student Accommodation
1402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to his announcement (details supplied) on the new funding that is to be provided by the EIB and HFA for student accommodation, if he... - Education and Training Provision
1407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the necessary funding to Galway Roscommon Educational Training Board for the purchase of a site in Roscommon for the... - Departmental Contracts
1408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department engages a company (details supplied); if so, the duration and nature of the work; the cost of same to the Exchequer; and if he... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1052 of 20 September 2023, how many instructors deliver phase 6 training and in how many ETB centres; and... - Departmental Correspondence
1411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration will be given to this proposal; and if he will make a... - Education Costs
1413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 10 October 2023, if he will now address the parts of the question not answered which relate to the... - Further and Higher Education
1415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 18 October 2023, to provide a detail of the date of each decision gate, the project budget at each... - Technological Universities
1416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise what cut-off date is being discussed within his Department to end formal consideration of the phase two PPP capital delivery including... - Third Level Reform
1418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ongoing process that decides approval for the provision of pharmacy and veterinary faculties and course development (details supplied); the... - Student Accommodation
1419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a framework for the university sector to develop student accommodation will be agreed; the quantum of capital funding his Department plans... - Third Level Education
1420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of higher education in the southeast region, given that unlike other regions, there is no National University; how this deficit in... - Education and Training Provision
1421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of instructors in each training centre delivering phase 2 pipefitting training. [48287/23] - Apprenticeship Programmes
1433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices called at each phase by discipline for ETB training, in tabular form. [48299/23] - Third Level Education
1435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of a case (details supplied); if he can confirm when a permanent suitable support will be in place to facilitate this student... - Departmental Funding
1437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding for Higher Education Authority for each year since 2016; the allocation for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will... - Grant Payments
1439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that students attending an undergraduate course in a university (details supplied) are not eligible for Student Universal Support... - Further and Higher Education
1440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the transport supports that are available for a student (details supplied) with Asperger's, ASD with dyslexia, scoliosis, hip displacement who... - Official Travel
1442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he visited Seoul National University during his recent visit to South Korea. [48755/23] - Third Level Fees
1443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether students who are liable for full third-level tuition fees are eligible for the reduction in fees for the academic year 2023/2024, as... - Further and Higher Education
1444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action his Department is taking to attract women into agriculture specific scholarships, educational programs and third level courses and...
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