1376. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason some online full-time courses (details supplied) are no longer eligible for the €1,000 subsidy for student contribution fees, despite being eligible in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2730/25]
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1377. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will publish the ministerial brief he received following the recent formation of the Government. [2762/25]
1378. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to visit the east coast of the United States on an education trade mission before Easter 2025. [2895/25]
1379. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a schedule of special advisers attached to him, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special adviser. [2999/25]
1380. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider a conversion programme for graduates who have completed an intellectual disability nursing programme and wish to transfer to general nursing. [3074/25]
1381. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently outsources cleaning services and/or service officer/security officer roles to private companies; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/25]
1382. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently directly employs cleaners and/or service officers; if so, the number of staff employed in each role; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3216/25]
1383. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total value of the annual mileage claims for each Minister of State assigned to his Department in 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown for each year of the individual claims; the annual cost of overnight allowances related to the civilian drivers of each relevant Minister of State in 2023 and …
1384. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list the composition of his private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to the office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office; the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if he will make a statemen…
1385. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to the programme for Government commitment, if he will provide details as to how his Department will examine the provision of the personal assistants initiative for persons with a disability in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/25]
1386. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career breaks, or other forms of leave to encourage and facilitate Ireland's 2026 EU presidency, the Government "Career for EU" jobs strategy, and the Department's Gaeilge/Ir…
1387. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of requests to his Department that have been granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests that were refused; and the grounds on which they were refused. [2499/25]
1388. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans that are in place to tackle the chronic depopulation continually occurring in rural Kerry and as highlighted in a recent report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2177/25]
1389. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he can provide any assurances that men's and women's sheds will not be impacted by the change away from the sustainability grant towards local enhancement programmes being managed by local authorities; if consideration was given to the fact that men's and women's sheds will now have to compete with other groups for funding prior to …
1390. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the town and village renewal scheme in County Clare in 2024; the grant approved for each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2225/25]
1391. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position with a construction project in County Kildare (details supplied); the expected opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2488/25]
1392. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position with a construction project in County Kildare (details supplied); the expected opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2489/25]
1393. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will allocate a major increase in local improvement scheme funding to County Carlow and County Kilkenny and all other local authorities that operate local improvement schemes to address issues the serious underfunding to local authorities in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2534/25]
1394. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a plan in relation to the steps that will be taken with XL bullies which cannot be rehomed by 1 February 2025; if so, the details of this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2550/25]
1395. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to introduce a grants scheme to enhance shop fronts in towns and villages across the country that will also cover a significant proportion of the cost of painting all properties, including derelict properties and private homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2581/25]
1396. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the Town Centre First policy; to provide a breakdown of the amount awarded and drawn down, per town, in each county; how much additional funding was provided in Budget 2025; when he expects phase two will take place; to provide an update on this policy as part of the new Programme for Government; and if he will make a stateme…
1397. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will publish the Ministerial brief he received following the recent formation of the Government. [2767/25]
1398. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grant aid and funding available from her Department to a community group to assist in the provision and installation of a defibrillator in a public space. [2795/25]
1399. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the 2024 and 2025 budget allocation for the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme within his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2860/25]
1400. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts a company (details supplied) had with his Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the nature of services this company provided to his Department; and the amount his Department paid the company for such works, in tabular form. [2894/25]