Questions

1404. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements); to confirm whether these reports have been published in full and are publicly accessible; and to st…

1405. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will publish the procurement related payment reports (details supplied) in machine-readable formats such as CSV or excel on a quarterly basis, in line with open data standards; if not, the legal, technical, or operational constraints that prevent compliance with the requirement under S.I. …

1406. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places currently available in veterinary medicine in each institution across the country; if he intends to make more spaces available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47823/25]

1407. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether funding has been allocated by his Department, or by bodies under its aegis, for research on new treatments for triple negative breast cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47896/25]

1408. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will urgently review the case of a Leaving Certificate student (details supplied); if flexibility or discretionary measures can be applied in such exceptional cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47957/25]

1409. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the next phase of the development of the College of the Future project at the Kickham Barracks site in Clonmel, which was given the green light October 2024; the timeline for same; the expected impact of this pioneering co-located campus for both further and higher education on learners, …

1410. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if accommodations will be made to support international students studying third-level courses in Ireland who have to deal with unforeseen and unexpected changes, the opportunity to facilitate completion of their courses (details supplied)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48051/25]

1411. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of pipe fitting apprentices who registered their four-year apprenticeship in 2021; and the number that have completed their course, in tabular form. [48117/25]

1412. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the nature of capital works projects funded either by his Department and or SOLAS at an education centre (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48118/25]

1413. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students ordinarily resident in the State who enrolled in third-level education institutions; the number of international students who enrolled in third-level education institutions in each of the past five academic years; the total revenue generated by the State from student fees during each …

1414. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider retaining the €1,000 college-fee reduction introduced as part of the cost-of-living measures, in light of the ongoing financial pressures facing families due to the high cost of food, utilities and housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48308/25]

1415. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures his Department have in place to promote the DiscoverEU travel programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48373/25]

1416. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average time it took from phase 1 to completion of each apprenticeship, by trade in County Tipperary in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48408/25]

1417. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the involvement he or his Department had in reaching a settlement with the former director of an agency (details supplied); the cost to the Exchequer, inclusive of the settlement, legal fees and other costs associated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48530/25]

1418. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to expand the skilled workforce required to meet the Government’s annual housing delivery target of 50,000 homes; and the way in which apprenticeship programmes and training pathways are being scaled to address shortages in key trades such as carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work. [4…

1419. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when funding for non-apprenticeship training will be released to ETBs from the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48575/25]

1420. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeframe for funding to be made available to the Technological University Dublin to develop its campus at Broombridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48626/25]

1421. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48678/25]

1422. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated timeline for the delivery of the DCU student accommodation project for the promised funding of 405-beds, which is currently undergoing ongoing procurement through internal university governance structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48766/25]

1423. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department announced and made public to the schools or student population in the North the recommended equitable CAO points conversion system for A level students there; if so, when this occurred; the way in which this was communicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48767/25]

1424. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans for students to get full recognition for the 4th A level instead of the current 24 CAO points, particularly as many students in the North were unaware of the process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48768/25]

1425. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider the abolition of third-level fees and apprentice contributions as a means to reduce financial pressures on students, in view of recent research showing that 81% of young people are fearful for their future in Ireland. [48783/25]

1426. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports in place for students who travelled recently from Gaza; the fees that they must pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48819/25]

1427. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students studying graduate education medicine by institution for each year from 2015-2016 to 2024-2025; if statistics on progression and non-completion as well as the socio-economic profile of students on the programme are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48897/25]

1428. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the full economic cost of the graduate education medicine programme; the fees charged to students; the financial supports available to those students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48898/25]