1129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for IADT as the only remaining Institute of Technology to remain following the announcement of the partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast, with the intention of the former eventually becoming a university college of the latter. [14576/26]
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1130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if plans for IADT to achieve university designation will be through the Technological Universities Act 2018, or an amendment to that act, thereby preserving the alignment with other Technological Universities in terms of contracts and terms and conditions of both existing and future academic staff. …
1131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a guarantee will be provided that academic staff and their representative trade union (details supplied) will be consulted at all stages and on all plans relating to IADT achieving university designation; and whether he will additionally guarantee that the May 2017 collective bargaining agre…
1132. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14586/26]
1133. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of pre-apprenticeship training courses currently running, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14654/26]
1134. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given to expanding the number of access to apprenticeship courses from the three currently operating nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14655/26]
1135. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered special mechanisms to support places for members of the Traveller community on access to apprenticeship courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14656/26]
1136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in respect of the “Build Back Home” advertising campaign in 2024 and 2025:to state the procurement route used for each element of the campaign, including creative development, production, media planning and media buying; to confirm whether an Office of Government Procurement framework agreement was used; and…
1137. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide, in euro terms, the total media expenditure per channel for the “Build Back Home” campaign in 2024 and 2025 respectively, including digital audio, social media, outdoor, digital display and video; to reconcile the percentage breakdown provided in his previous reply for 2025, where the channel spli…
1138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a post-campaign evaluation, value-for-money assessment, cost-benefit analysis, or internal review was completed in respect of the “Build Back Home” advertising campaign in 2024 and 2025; if so, to provide the date completed, the author, the methodology used, and the principal findings; and if he will…
1139. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to set out the evidential basis and methodology used by his Department to describe the “Build Back Home” campaign as having had a contributory effect on increases in the construction workforce, the specific CSO series and tables relied upon; the definitions used by the Department for “All Construction Workfo…
1140. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that have been taken to ensure the proposed €60 million investment in a supercomputer will provide researchers with access to the latest computing technologies compared with cloud-based services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15036/26]
1141. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Fund for Students with Disabilities will be expanded to include students who attend agricultural colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15072/26]
1142. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount each local authority is receiving in local improvement scheme funding, by county; the kilometres being covered under this funding; and the number of applications that have been received by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14938/26]
1143. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14026/26]
1144. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14397/26]
1145. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14415/26]
1146. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the process by which nine organisations were added to a wait list following the 2023 open call for the Community Services Programme; the way these organisations were selected; what their inclusion on the wait list means for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/26]
1147. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline any process by which applicants to the 2023 Community Services Programme who were not successful can receive feedback on their applications from his Department; whether they are able to apply for the 2026 round of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14444/26]
1148. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cén uair a bheidh an Clár Seirbhísí Pobail (Community Services Programme) oscailte arís le haghaidh iarratas, cén uair a bheidh foirmeacha iarratais agus sonraí an Chláir nua ar fáil; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [14992/26]
1149. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all clubs and groups awarded a payment through the community recognition fund since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14994/26]