Donna McGettigan

901. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount allocated for the reduction of the student contribution in Budget 2026; and the amount that was allocated for reduction of the student contribution in 2025. [56936/25]

902. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft and non-craft apprenticeship registrations in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [56937/25]

903. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of additional craft and non-craft apprenticeship places funded in Budget 2026, for the year 2026; and the allocation for those additional places in Budget 2026. [56938/25]

904. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount allocated in total from the Budget 2026 for existing levels of service in his Department. [56939/25]

905. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the designated beds ringfenced for students from target groups as identified in the National Action Plan, specifically for DCU 405 beds project, UCD 493 students accommodation beds; and if there will be any more funding from his Department allocated for student accommodation. [56940/25]

906. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on his Department’s commissioned research into the landscape of apprentice pay; to ask when he expects this final report to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56984/25]

907. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update from SOLAS regarding The National Apprenticeship Office’s commissioning of an independent economic assessment to incentivise participation in national apprenticeships by both employers and apprentices, drawing on international practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56985/25]

1. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for clarification on local training initiative operating guidelines, which state that any income received towards the running costs of an LTI , whether from earned income or secondary grant aiding, must be offset as income in the LTI monthly claim form. [56420/25]

3. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science research, innovation and science the details of the missed targets in the last accommodation strategy; the reason this occurred; the reason no mention was made of this in budget 2026; the targets currently; and if new funding will be put in place for same. [56421/25]

37. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details on the missed targets in the last accommodation strategy; the reason this occurred; the reason there was no mention of this in Budget 2026; for an update on targets currently; if new funding will be put in place for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55741/25]

73. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide clarification in relation to Local Training Initiative Operating Guidelines (details supplied); if this policy means that LTIs are not financially independent and cannot generate or retain income to improve wages or conditions, given all funding is fully controlled and accounted for through the ETB and SOLAS system and therefore contradicts the view that LTIs independently set their own pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55740/25]

402. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science her Department’s plans to improve pathways for Senior cycle students into higher and further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40164/25]

351. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require them, to enhance their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54474/25]

367. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) are provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require them, to enhance their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54475/25]

330. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students in 2024/2025 from the 26 counties that have applied to universities in the North, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54075/25]

331. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on plans to address grade equivalencies between North and South; the efforts to make all-Ireland student mobility more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/25]

164. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of transporting children to and from school by taxi, by county, for each year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52932/25]

403. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2071 of 29 July 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Authorities to answer this Parliamentary Question. [53147/25]

518. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the overseas recruitment campaigns, by location, children's disability network teams have carried out to attract qualified staff to work within CDNTs, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53152/25]

564. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure access for a person (details supplied) to occupational therapy without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52977/25]

721. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to confirm that permission is required to use the words “campus” or “college” in the name of a business; the cost to apply for such permission; the information required to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52945/25]

722. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from the Twenty-six Counties who applied to universities and colleges in the North of Ireland, by county, per year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53054/25]

723. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on plans to align CAO and UCAS results dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53055/25]

215. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Kuwait in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52798/25]

220. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the national territory mapping for renewable electricity being prepared under Article 15b of RED III, the direct consultation his Department has held with Shannon Airport Group and authorities (details supplied) before including East Clare as a strategic onshore wind area; how the Department intends to address flawed local designations where no strategic environmental assessment or aviation-safety assessment was undertaken, such as Clare’s designation of East Clare; whether he will commit to revising the draft national map after the public consultation to remove areas where serious public-health and aviation-safety risks have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/25]