1110. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of a €50 million loan provided by the European Investment Bank to University College Cork for the development of a new business school; if his Department or the Higher Education Authority has received correspondence from the EIB regarding the loan; the amount, if any of the loan has been dr…
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1111. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of meetings that have taken place between the Higher Education Authority and University College Cork subsequent to the submission by UCC of its report of a matter under section 64 of the HEA Act 202; if the HEA is still monitoring UCC; and if specific controls related to capital spending were or ar…
1112. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the name and location of buildings currently under the ownership of University College Galway for its "Nun’s Island masterplan" on Nun’s Island in Galway city; the progress of this plan to date; and when the plan is expected to be completed. [73749/26]
1113. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of his Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73987/26]
1114. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when his Department last reviewed its policies, operations and handling of protected disclosures under all relevant protected disclosures legislation. [74442/26]
1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether SOLAS, his Department, or the National Skills Council has any commercial, sponsorship or data-sharing arrangement with any AI provider in connection with AI Ready; whether any AI provider contributed to the course content; and whether a procurement process was held for its content or tools. [74062/26…
1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether the AI Ready courses direct learners to specific commercial AI products (details supplied), without referring to alternative providers; the criteria by which any such products were selected; and whether he considers this consistent with neutrality between competing providers. [74059/26]
1117. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department will engage with the Department of Social Protection to review barriers to maintenance grant eligibility for social welfare recipients living with their parents, including lone parents unable to secure independent accommodation; and whether he will undertake an assessment of the c…
1118. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of SUSI maintenance grant applications from recipients of the one-parent family payment refused because parental income exceeded the applicable threshold in each of the past three academic years, broken down by county, where available; and whether these data are collected. [74206/26]
1119. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for including parental income in the assessment of SUSI maintenance grant applications from mature students who are lone parents, receive one-parent family payment and reside in their parents' home; and whether this approach adequately reflects their financial circumstances and responsibil…
1120. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reforming the student grant scheme to allow students receiving the one-parent family payment or other core means-tested social welfare payments to be assessed for maintenance grants on their own means, without reference to parental income, subject to existing rules on overlapping edu…
1121. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures, if any, taken or planned to offset or mitigate the additional energy use and emissions arising from the AIReady.ie target of upskilling one million people; and how the programme is consistent with the Government’s legally binding climate targets. [74065/26]
1122. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether the AIReady.ie course content addresses the energy use and carbon emissions associated with AI services, and the guidance, if any, given to learners; and whether any assessment of the environmental impact of the programme was carried out or considered. [74063/26]
1123. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the targeted supports available to communities experiencing rapid population growth where community facilities and social infrastructure have not kept pace with housing and population growth. [73495/26]
1124. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will review the eligibility criteria across rural and community funding programmes to ensure that rapidly growing communities in north County Dublin are not excluded from funding solely because of population thresholds or their proximity to Dublin. [73494/26]
1125. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide information in relation to the grants issued in respect of the rural regeneration scheme, town and village renewal scheme, outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme and community centres investment fund in County Laois in each of the years since 2023 and the best estimate for 2026. [73488/26]
1126. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on CLÁR 2026 assessments; when successful applications will be announced; and if two specific applications submitted by a group (details supplied) will be considered favourably. [73627/26]
1127. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 1590 of 20 March 2024, if the BDO report commissioned by his Department in 2023 on the cost and availability of public liability insurance for the community and voluntary sector has been finalised; when the final report was received, if applicable; if outstanding, the reason for th…
1128. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his Department’s view towards funding the refurbishment of Mayfield library in Cork under the Libraries Capital Programme 2023-2027, for which an unsuccessful application for Stage 3 funding was made in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73855/26]
1129. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update regarding the Síol funding application for Oliver Bond House in Dublin 8. [74414/26]
1130. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of his Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73988/26]
1131. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when his Department last reviewed its policies, operations and handling of protected disclosures under all relevant protected disclosures legislation. [74443/26]
1132. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the successful projects under the dormant accounts funded sustaining social enterprise scheme 2026/2027 will be announced. [74116/26]
1133. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if an application (details supplied) has been assessed as part of the dormant accounts funded sustaining social enterprise scheme 2026/2027; and when the applicant will be informed of the decision. [74113/26]