3435. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount currently held in the National Training Fund; the reason a surplus of approximately €2 billion has accumulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23802/26]
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3436. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of National Training Fund resources allocated annually over the past five years; the proportion of these funds directed towards in-employment training and upskilling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23803/26]
3437. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures in place to ensure that National Training Fund expenditure is aligned with identified skills shortages in sectors such as construction, healthcare and technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23804/26]
3438. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans in place to deploy the current surplus in the National Training Fund; the expected timeframe for this expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23805/26]
3439. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the legislative or administrative barriers that have limited the drawdown of National Training Fund resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23806/26]
3440. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which employers contributing to the National Training Fund are consulted on its allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23807/26]
3441. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proportion of National Training Fund expenditure allocated to higher education institutions as opposed to direct workforce training;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23808/26]
3442. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether any emergency or accelerated programmes funded through the National Training Fund are planned to address current labour shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23945/26]
3443. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what reforms to the structure or governance of the National Training Fund are under consideration to prevent the accumulation of large unspent surpluses in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23946/26]
3444. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of GDP for public spending on research and higher education. [24198/26]
3445. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide grants and/or funding specifically relating to potential issues in the transport sector which create barriers to the potential introduction of not-for-profit ridesharing platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24237/26]
3446. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the action his Department has taken with a view to increasing the number of dental training places for Irish students, taking into account that currently there are more non-Irish dental students being trained in Irish dental colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24329/26]
3447. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if her Department has engaged with Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork with a view to providing additional funding to enable them to increase the number of places that would be available for Irish students who wish to study dentistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24330/26]
3448. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has engaged with other EU countries with a view to establishing a standard programme of training which would be acceptable in each of the jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24331/26]
3449. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the circumstances which led to the write off expenditure amounting to €427,000 incurred on professional fees relating to a building that did not go ahead in Atlantic Technological University in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24374/26]
3450. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if grant support is available for a student in receipt of disability allowance who is undertaking a part-time online course at ATU Sligo (details supplied) and is not eligible for SUSI funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24430/26]
3451. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which these tools are being used; whether any departmental guidance or governance structures have been developed to support their responsible use; and if h…
3452. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress on the Wexford campus of the South-East Technological University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24475/26]
3453. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years.
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3454. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in light of the recent layoffs of 25 adult education tutors in GRETB and the closure of 150 classes, will he confirm the extent of the reduction in budgets for ESOL and other programmes in adult education across the country; and to confirm the number of tutors jobs projected to be lost across all ETBs …
3455. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress being made on the delivery of student accommodation under the €100 million Short-Term Activation Programme announced in 2022; the number of these projects that have commenced; and if all of the allocated funding been drawn down. [24551/26]
3456. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the …
3457. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24638/26]
3458. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in light of the recent layoffs of 25 adult education tutors in the Galway Roscommon ETB, to confirm the extent of the reduction in budgets for ESOL and other programmes in adult education across the country; and the number of tutor jobs projected to be lost across all ETBs. [24665/26]
3459. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the consideration given to creating new fast-track apprenticeship routes to becoming an ISL interpreter or ISL teacher, as well as fast-track accreditation for ISL interpreters. [24680/26]