Parliamentary questions

918. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on how sustainability and flexibility will be practically implemented in the new standardised design guidelines for student accommodation without increasing costs. [25181/25]

919. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report what the current criteria are for selecting the initial three pilot locations under Stage 2 of the Technological Sector Student Accommodation Programme. [25182/25]

920. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on what metrics will be used to measure the success of the pilot phases of the Technological Sector Student Accommodation Programme before it increases in scale. [25183/25]

921. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the estimated timeline for the full implementation of a borrowing framework for technologic universities for the construction of student accommodation. [25184/25]

922. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on any plans either ongoing or under consideration to expand the student assistance fund to meet rising demand from students due to rent costs. [25185/25]

923. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the main learnings by his Department from the 2024 rent-a-room campaign, and how these learnings will inform future campaigns and outreach programmes. [25186/25]

924. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of officials within his Department in engaging with Solas, with a view to reduce the delays faced by apprentices in accessing training phases. [25187/25]

925. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the date that his Department intends to publish the National Apprentice Office Report, following their recent survey. [25188/25]

926. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science where the payment is drawn from for QQI levels 1-3 and 4-6 respectively, having regard to Circular 0027/2011- Payment to Assessors for Locally Devised Assessment, which was issued in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25198/25]

927. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25265/25]

928. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for the short-term activation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/25]

929. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the Short-Term Activation Programme funding, by institution, in tabular form. [25552/25]

930. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of an Erasmus+ grant for a person (details supplied); if there is a mechanism to allow for exceptions or alternative documentation in such cases, particularly when the student has fulfilled all other obligations; the oversight that exists to ensure that partner institutions off…

931. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection who availed of the temporary tuition fee support scheme in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the cost of the scheme in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/25]

932. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the next date he met formally with the CEO of Solas. [25848/25]

933. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for details on the revenue generated by third level fees, from 2020 to date in 2025, correlated and broken down by year, in tabular form. [26023/25]

934. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for the estimated full-year cost of reducing contribution fees by €1,500 in year one, by €1,500 in year two, with an overall reduction of €3,000 over two years, by year, in tabular form. [26024/25]

935. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for the estimated full cost of extending the 'fund for students ' with a disability (FSD) across all further education and training FET courses, over two years, by year in tabular form. [26025/25]

936. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for the estimated full cost of extending SUSI to postgraduate fees for qualifying students over two years, by year, in tabular form. [26026/25]

937. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for the estimated full cost of increasing SUSI maintenance by 15%, both adjacent and non-adjacent, over two years, by year, in tabular form. [26027/25]

335. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24935/25]

336. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/25]

228. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether there are any other pathways for a child in county Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24635/25]

229. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in the context of the statement in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report that all Prison Education Centres meet the quality assurance standards demanded by QQI, the number of meetings of the Prison Education Taskforce that took place over the period 2015-2025; the current priorities o…

230. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the policies, guidelines, and supports that are in place for third-level institutions and educators in relation to the effective and responsible integration of AI into teaching and assessment practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24546/25]