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Donna McGettigan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
847. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that will be taken to address the current dispute between two organisations (details supplied) to ensure one of the organisations engages with the union given that it is funded by the taxpayer through TU Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5504/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
848. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprenticeship registrations, by type, in each of the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5514/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
849. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeship completions, by type, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5515/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
850. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeship dropouts, by level of completion and by type, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5516/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
851. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average wait time to be admitted to an apprenticeship, by college and by apprenticeship type, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5517/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
852. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how he intends on addressing the financial barriers faced by apprentices who are required to travel and work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5518/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
853. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends to remove the student contributions of €1,000 for phase 4 and phase 6 faced by many apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5519/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
854. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends to expand trade colleges to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5520/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
855. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position with respect to the development and expansion of green and sustainability-focused skills across all tertiary education programmes. [5567/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
856. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there is no specific commitment to the Adult Literacy for Life strategy in the Programme for Government; the specific actions he will take to improve adult literacy and numeracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5571/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
857. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason the BTEC Higher National Diploma Level 5 course in early childhood education and care at North West Regional College Derry, which was recognised as a Level 7 qualification, was changed to a Level 6 qualification; the reason students currently on the course were not exempted from the change; if…
Carol Nolan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
858. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5650/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
859. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the national student accommodation strategy; the measures currently being undertaken by his Department to improve supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5731/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
860. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has met formally with the CEO of Solas since his appointment as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5819/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
861. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
862. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the outcome of an application for a further education and training centre based in Ballyhaunis, which was submitted in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5942/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
863. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the intervention that can be undertaken for a person (details supplied) unable to access the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6149/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
864. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason technological universities have been refused permission to borrow for the construction of on campus student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6187/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
865. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the publication of the new student accommodation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6200/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
866. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the intervention that can be undertaken for a person (details supplied) unable to access the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
867. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6232/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
868. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6250/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
869. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of FETAC therapy assistant grade programmes offered in 2024; the number of FETAC therapy assistant grade programmes filled by students in 2024; and the number of FETAC assistant grade graduates in 2024, in tabular form. [6292/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
870. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of her Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if she will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if…
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
324. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason certain students (details supplied) are not now entitled to the €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee for higher education, given that they have been previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5348/25]