730. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the establishment of a national skills observatory as per recommendations made by the National Skills Council. [53328/25]
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972. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is considering introducing a national training voucher scheme from the National Training Fund; and, if so, whether private or independent HEIs will be included in the upcoming National Training Fund legislation. [51687/25]
973. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is considering extending SUSI funding to all QQI-validated programmes at independent third level institutions. [51688/25]
974. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is considering including private and independent HEIs in the Unified Tertiary Framework, in order that students who obtain SUSI support at further education colleges do not lose out if progressing to such HEIs. [51689/25]
975. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline his Department's position regarding the collection and usage of student levies by higher educational institutions. [51690/25]
976. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is planning to regulate the prevalence of 'exploding licences' for ebooks and journal subscriptions for further and higher educational institutions. [51691/25]
977. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update regarding the work of officials within his Department towards encouraging access to graduate-entry medicine student loans. [51692/25]
978. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is planning to require higher education institutions to provide a booklist to students in advance of their courses beginning, to improve transparency in the costs students will have to incur for each course. [51693/25]
979. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider extending SUSI grant eligibility to students of all QQI-accredited courses. [51694/25]
980. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the development of a traineeship in modern methods of construction, as is expected to launch in quarter 3 of 2025. [51695/25]
981. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the mid-term review of the national access plan. [51696/25]
982. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expected publication date of the updated careers in construction action plan. [51697/25]
712. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department covers the cost of any unitary charges arising from public private partnership contracts for further or higher educational institutions; and if so to list the institutions and the cost associated. [50195/25]
3378. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress made in creating a website to give students comprehensive information on third level pathways, as committed to in the programme for Government. [42604/25]
3379. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress made in creating an online career guidance and information portal. [42605/25]
3380. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress made in developing sector-specific career guidance and information portals. [42606/25]
3381. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report the total number of students registered in higher education institutions each year for the past five years. [42607/25]
3382. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the progress made in carrying out the second stage of the technological sector student accommodation programme. [42608/25]
3383. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report the amount of funding allocated in the National Training Fund to provide craft apprenticeships to fill reported gaps in the construction sector. [42609/25]
100. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will create a centralised third level information hub for students. [37814/25]
107. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on his Department's plans for the reduction of the student contribution fee as per the commitments in the programme for Government. [37331/25]
132. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the means by which his Department is working to simplify apprenticeship pathways. [37330/25]
899. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average length of time for the approval of new apprenticeship programmes from inception to commencement. [37815/25]
291. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in what quarter of 2025 is the Sligo NZETB training centre, MSLETB set to be complete. [36408/25]
292. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures in place to support the Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education Institutions; to list the institutions which received funding under Path 4 Phase 1 of the National Access Plan; and the amount of funding they received. [36409/25]