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Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [35371/25]
Darren O'Rourke Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
27. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [37506/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
72. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2024, published by his Department in November 2024. [30340/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
75. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on water quality will next meet. [32139/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
82. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the reason the Government has not committed to a full independent inquiry on the Covid-19 pandemic; and if it will commit to such an inquiry. [32098/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
88. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the priorities of his Department’s housing and infrastructure unit [32279/25]
Donna McGettigan Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
96. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on developments from his and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage's refusal to provide a second-year cost-of-living package for students, despite the cost-of-living crisis continuing, resulting in student fees increasing by €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
Eoghan Kenny Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
97. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the programme for Government commitment to continue to reduce the student contribution fee over the lifetime of the Government, as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37316/25]
Donna McGettigan Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
98. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for information on the decision behind the cut of €1.3 million from SOLAS to the Tipperary Education and Training Board, which has resulted in the cancellation of a valuable programme for early school leavers at Cashel local training initiative, which affects 14 students who will be unable to complete the…
Donna McGettigan Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
99. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the protections his Department can give to apprentices to ensure they receive the agreed wage and are doing work relevant to their apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37829/25]
Maeve O'Connell Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
100. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will create a centralised third level information hub for students. [37814/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
101. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the progress made regarding the funding issues at SOLAS and ETB apprenticeship training programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37556/25]
Eoghan Kenny Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
102. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for a renewed action plan to succeed the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; if the new action plan will have a focus on apprentice wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37310/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
103. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will confirm that SOLAS is in receipt of sufficient funding from the State to ensure that it can deliver on its annual service plan and operate accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36974/25]
Paul McAuliffe Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
104. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the means by which he intends to implement the programme for Government commitments regarding the cost of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37436/25]
Louis O'Hara Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
105. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will reverse his decision to increase the student contribution fee for third level undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37415/25]
Grace Boland Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
106. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the uptake of the supports to help to achieve a better gender balance in apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37513/25]
Maeve O'Connell Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
107. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on his Department's plans for the reduction of the student contribution fee as per the commitments in the programme for Government. [37331/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
108. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the impact of the increases in the SUSI grant levels introduced in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37308/25]
Darren O'Rourke Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
109. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the funding cut to apprenticeships in Meath and across the State; his assessment of the practical impact of this cut; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37297/25]
Barry Heneghan Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
110. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will explain the rationale for the reported decision not to proceed with further reductions in the student contribution fee, in light of the commitment made in the programme for Government to reduce these fees over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37631…