975. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to address the shortage and dramatic decrease of QQI-registered further education and training providers from 345 in 2021, 317 in 2022 and just 176 in 2023; to provide updated details for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32588/25…
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976. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to address the shortage and dramatic decrease of the number of QQI-registered further education and training providers that issued certification/certificates within the years 2021 (251), 2022 (216) and 2023 (169); if he will provide updated details on certification numbers fo…
977. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there will be an increase of funding from the National Training Fund for training grants to industry from the current amount of €6,500 since 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32590/25]
978. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department plans to increase the current estimate of funding from the National Training Fund for Springboard of €27,550 since 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32591/25]
979. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to address the significant decrease in funding for the financial and human resource inputs for universities, technological universities and other bodies from €1,615,464 in 2024 to €1,468,309 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32592/25]
980. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department intends to cap the welcome increase in funding of public private partnership costs from €39,000 (NTF) in 2024 to €70,000 (NTF) in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32593/25]
981. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department intends to cap the welcome increase in funding of €7,807 from 2024 €5,559 for miscellaneous grants and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32594/25]
982. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to build on and expand the numbers of higher education students in the State, with the last figure from 2023 is at 202,450; if he will provide updated figures for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32610/25]
983. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the current percentage of full-time higher education international students, with the last figure from 2023 showing they make up just 17% of students; to provide updated percentage figures for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32611/25]
984. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science His Department's plans in addressing the significant decrease in numbers for Springboard enrolments with 11,033 enrolments in 2021, 10,545 in 2022 and just 9,444 in 2023; to provide updated figures for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32612/25]
985. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department plans to address the demand for English-language students; and for an update on the number of English-language students for 2024 and 2025. [32613/25]
986. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason his Department has significantly reduced digital and capital investment and IT expenses from his programme allocations budget by 80% from €1,750 in 2024 to €349 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32614/25]
987. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32641/25]
988. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to encourage greater participation by Peruvian students in third level institutions and continuing educational opportunities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32659/25]
989. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an applicant (details supplied) will be considered for SUSI assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/25]
990. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the degree to which he is pursuing the ‘CERN for AI’ proposal (details supplied); if he sees opportunity in State-led AI collaboration, research and investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32739/25]
991. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he…
992. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the Programme for Government’s commitment to expand the remit of connected hubs to create new opportunities in rural communities; if he will consider extending this remit to include suburban villages in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31895/25]
993. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the community centres based in County Kildare that received capital funding under the community centres investment fund in 2024, in tabular form. [31966/25]
994. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he has received an application for the rural regeneration and development fund-phase 2, for Carraig na bFhearr; and if so, when this application will be assessed. [32478/25]
995. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters (for example, utm_source); if so, whether any visits have been recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from ChatGPT; and to provide the monthly number of such visits,…
996. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32646/25]
997. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there are plans for a fund for community centres for energy efficiency and insulation in 2025 or 2026. [32714/25]
998. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a …