Parliamentary questions

1718. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures available to students to assist with the financial costs of pursuing the graduate education in medicine programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1483/25]

1719. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to state his policy on the development of Confucius Institutes at Irish universities; the role that will be played in these institutes by the Chinese government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1484/25]

1720. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline measures being put in place by his Department to address skills shortages in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1485/25]

1721. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if the Department has used AI (including large language models) in…

1722. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a PLC course can be attended by a person (details supplied) in the Institute of Further and Higher Education in Carlow, based on her residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1491/25]

1723. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has applied for funding under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers to support workers in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1516/25]

1724. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on his work to access funding through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers with respect to supporting workers at a facility (details supplied). [1517/25]

1725. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applications made to date to the student support scheme by eligible school leavers who are in the international protection system; the total amount in funding provided under the scheme, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1519/25]

1726. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the recent and scheduled payment rise for PhD students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1568/25]

1727. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI will review its eligibility criteria to be classed as an independent student to account for the thousands of people who are residing at home with their parents because of the housing crisis, who are now excluded from accessing higher education due to being means tested along …

1728. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if his Department has used AI, including large language model…

1729. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1765/25]

1730. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1862/25]

1731. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the guidelines for SUSI grants in order that all mature students are treated as independent, even if they live with a parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1945/25]

1732. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timescale for the introduction for the €25,000 stipend for SFI and IRC-funded PhD students; which PhD students qualify for the €25,000 stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1981/25]

1733. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1998/25]

1734. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to provide paid apprenticeships to those working in the culinary arts while being trained in a business setting. [2022/25]

1735. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2036/25]

1736. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2054/25]