3460. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he is aware that Research Ireland are currently planning to cease their Government of Ireland postgraduate and postdoctoral fellowship programmes, and will thus no longer be directly funding PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows under this system, which will have knock-on effects on the sa…
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3461. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of eligibility requirements for blended learning veterinary nursing programmes, including those provided by Technological University of the Shannon, which require applicants to be employed in practices with a registered veterinary nurse; if consideration will be given to allowing training…
3462. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to make single migrant parents eligible for the SUSI grant as there is currently no targeted support for this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24977/26]
3463. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the targeted measures his Department is taking to support lone parents in re-entering education; to outline his engagements with other government departments to facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24978/26]
3464. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25005/26]
3465. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of civil and public servants in her Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25036/26]
3466. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding that is available to assist with a new initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25161/26]
3467. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding available to assist with a new initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25162/26]
3468. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that can be made available to students who have come here fleeing the war in Ukraine and who are in the guardianship of their grandparents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/26]
3469. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to confirm whether proposals for a State-backed loan or tuition support scheme for graduate entry medicine will proceed; the timeline for the introduction of such supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25221/26]
3470. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25445/26]
3471. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will introduce a full tuition support scheme for graduate entry medicine; if not, if at a minimum if he will outline a timeline for his plans to provide State supports for graduate entry medicine students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/26]
3472. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 March 2026, the number of apprenticeships that were not completed in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the reasons they were not completed, in tabular form. [25678/26]
3473. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [25797/26]
3474. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to address the significant and ongoing delays in the release of examination results at Technological University Dublin; the reason students who sat repeat examinations in January 2026 have still not received their results; the measures being put in place to ensure timely communicatio…
3475. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an offence to receive a fine upon summary conviction, the associated maximum amount and duration of any related potential imprisonment term; provision for a person convict…
3476. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his Department is aligning skills and training programmes with the Central Bank's recent findings on AI related labour market risks, particularly for workers in roles identified as highly automatable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/26]
3477. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by his Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public …
3478. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of abolishing apprenticeship fees from January 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26541/26]
3479. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list the apprenticeships that require fees/student contribution; the name of the apprenticeship and associated cost to the apprentice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26542/26]
3480. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware some students are unable to submit SUSI applications due to lengthy timeframes in the processing of Irish residency permit applications; if any alternative mechanism is in place, or being considered for the students affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26836/26]
3481. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were composed and delivered by third parties (details supplied); the title and final cost of same; and whether the report is published and or laid in the …
3482. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by him in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were composed and delivered by his officials; the title and final cost of same, if applicable; to provide a breakdown of where costs were incurred; and whether the r…
3483. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the web link to his Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, to state the planned publication date. [26…
3484. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data centres in Ireland, data centres outside of Ireland but within the European Union, data centres outside of the European Union and data storage facilities within his own Department; and…