Questions

900. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in Skills Grant Payments for a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36056/25]

355. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of successful SUSI applicants in each of the 32 counties in the 2024-2025 academic year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35118/25]

244. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 19 June 2025, if he will provide supplementary information in relation to highlighted matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/25]

959. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the further education options available for a person who already possesses a degree or master's qualification and wishes to completely change direction in their career by choosing an area that is lower than their existing qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34543/25]

431. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has plans to intervene or offer supports to dozens of Brazilian students left in limbo following the sudden closure of an agency (details supplied) at the end of May 2025, which mediates between students and schools, colleges, and universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33256/…

432. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount raised in each of the past ten years via the annual student contribution (previously called the student services charge) at third level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33271/25]

433. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an estimate of the average annual cost per student of delivering one year of full-time university education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33272/25]

434. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the funding under the Strategic Infrastructure Fund to build a new Youthreach facility on the site of the existing college site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33311/25]

435. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost per annum of the scheme to attract academics from the United States by co-funding their salaries which was announced in May 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33329/25]

949. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when his Department will implement a revised funding model for graduate entry medicine students, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32053/25]

950. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if new financial supports are being developed to assist graduate entry medicine students in meeting the cost of tuition, in light of the recent withdrawal of graduate medical loan products by commercial lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32054/25]

965. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for programme expenditure to address the numbers of invention disclosures from higher education institutes; the reasons there is a significant decrease from 486 in 2021, 400 in 2022 and 361 in 2023; to details of this for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

970. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there is no consistency in numbers from his Department of Skillnet Ireland learners from the 2023 outturn target of 96,646 to the 2024 output target of 82,800 to the slightly increased output target of 84,000 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32540/25]

386. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to allocate funding to a local training initiative (details supplied), to retain this vital community development programme. [31216/25]

1654. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason further education and training funding to the LMETB was cut (details supplied) for service plan 2025; if he will immediately reverse this cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29673/25]

421. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost to Improve pay for instructors to increase training capacity in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28037/25]

435. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a breakdown of costs for the ‘fund for student’s with a disability (FSD) for the years 2020 to 2025 across all further education and training FET courses, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/25]

439. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science given the significant surplus in the National Training Fund, how the Government intends to utilise these funds to address underinvestment in higher education and support strategic initiatives outlined in the Annual Options Paper. [28395/25]

441. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a breakdown of costs for the special rate threshold from €25,000 to €26,200 in 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/25]

442. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for breakdown of costs based on the increased holiday earnings threshold from €6,552 to €7,925 from 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28398/25]

815. 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 to deliver Ireland's first Tertiary Education Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27245/25]

816. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he expects the Tertiary Education Strategy's development to conclude by November 2025 as set out in the Higher Education Authority Act 2022. [27246/25]

817. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on when he expects the public consultation process for the Tertiary Education Strategy to begin. [27247/25]

835. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on when the transfer of functions relating to Further Education and Training from the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 and the Education Act 1998 will be completed. [27268/25]

837. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to update on the development of an appropriate governance framework for the new FET College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27270/25]