1726. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the recent and scheduled payment rise for PhD students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1568/25]
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1727. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI will review its eligibility criteria to be classed as an independent student to account for the thousands of people who are residing at home with their parents because of the housing crisis, who are now excluded from accessing higher education due to being means tested along with their parents’ …
1728. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if his Department has used AI, including large language models, in the preparatio…
1729. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1765/25]
1730. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1862/25]
1731. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the guidelines for SUSI grants in order that all mature students are treated as independent, even if they live with a parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1945/25]
1732. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timescale for the introduction for the €25,000 stipend for SFI and IRC-funded PhD students; which PhD students qualify for the €25,000 stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1981/25]
1733. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1998/25]
1734. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to provide paid apprenticeships to those working in the culinary arts while being trained in a business setting. [2022/25]
1735. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2036/25]
1736. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2054/25]
1737. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by length of career break; the number of civil servants in her Department and in agencies under the aegis of her Department who were on career break for longer than fi…
1738. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies, by month and by grade, in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46215/24]
1739. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an assurance that no civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years where there is a suitable vacancy in their home Department or agency; to provide an assurance that, where a civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years on account of there being no suitable vacancy in their h…
1740. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the empowering communities programme project is intended to continue and expand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46317/24]
1741. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if invitations remain open for local authorities to seek capital funding for libraries under the Libraries Capital Programme 2023-2027. [46334/24]
1742. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Empowering Communities Programme; if the programme is being extended; if funding for the programme is being increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46379/24]
1743. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies, by grade, currently within her Department; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form. [46387/24]
1744. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will allocate a major increase in local improvement scheme funding to County Kerry and indeed all other Local Authorities who operate local improvement schemes to address issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46647/24]
1745. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for a long-awaited library project (details supplied). [46868/24]
1746. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024. [46934/24]
1747. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a full detailed update on the current status of the Ardee Castle project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1010/25]
1748. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce the awards for the community centres investment fund 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1175/25]
1749. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the senior's alert scheme; when a decision will be made on the inclusion for new technology for the next iteration scheme being considered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1328/25]
1750. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total funding made available to a project (details supplied); the amount of funding drawn down to date; the current status of the project; the works conducted to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1345/25]