Questions

2258. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the effects the pause on the use of the Education Procurement Service (EPS) will have on the provision of ETB courses; whether any scheduled classes / education programmes that were meant to be provided through this procurement service have been cancelled; the measures that have been implemented to ensure c…

2259. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the effects the pause on the use of the Education Procurement Service (EPS) will have on the education system; whether any scheduled classes / education programmes that were meant to be provided through this procurement service have been cancelled; the measures that have been implemented to ensure continuit…

2271. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for removing the ringfenced allocation of €20 million for the provision of English language classes (ESOL) across the ETB network; whether he is aware of the cuts to class provision and the cuts to adult education teaching positions as a result of this removal of funding; and if he will make a…

606. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of tertiary agreements being put in place through the Tertiary Office, set out by ETB area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18106/26]

1251. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9779/26]

113. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board’s proposal for an FET college in Galway City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6858/26]

1106. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the pending decision by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board to reduce the student allocation for the Limerick Youth Service from 100 to 80 in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70323/25]

1107. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the pending decision by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board to reduce the student allocation for the Limerick Youth Service from 100 to 80 in 2026; if he will intervene to reverse this decision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70324/25]

371. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts his Department is making to address the shortage of guidance counsellors at ETBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64043/25]

2152. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to consider the creation of a dedicated construction training board to improve standards for construction education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59832/25]

8. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the role of the ETBs in higher education, and where they sit in the education hierarchy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56040/25]

67. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on a new building for college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54273/25]

69. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on any progress being made on the funding issues at SOLAS and ETBs’ apprenticeship training programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55895/25]

478. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has met formally with the CEO of Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board in the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52805/25]

967. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to set out, for the 94 educational sites under the control of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB), a site-by-site inventory (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51436/25]

968. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail, for each of the 94 DDLETB sites, total capital and maintenance expenditure in each of the past ten years, by project description, year, amount, funding source (Exchequer/SOLAS/ESF+ or other), and procurement route; and to include a separate line for energy upgrades (e.g. fabric works, heat pumps,…

970. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to set out DDLETB's estate optimisation measures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51440/25]

389. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when ETB employees who accepted adult educator contracts will be moved to the appropriate point on the salary scale; when all back pay owing to these employees will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49484/25]

2728. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to increase the compensation of Board members who sit on ETB interview panels boards. [46478/25]

2729. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of recent closures of evening classes in some ETB colleges (details supplied); if he will assist ETB’s in continuing to provide evening classes in north Dublin given they are of huge benefit to the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46537/25]

2737. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that are being provided to DDL-ETB to develop flagship FET colleges of scale; the way in which these developments align with national targets for lifelong learning and skills development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47306/25]

2738. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the way in which DDL-ETB is being supported to make FET an attractive pathway for school leavers, particularly in areas with high youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47307/25]

3318. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will clarify the status of adult literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages, ESOL, tutors employed by ETBs, many of whom have been told their contracts may not be renewed due to budgetary issues; the number affected; the steps being taken to ensure continuity of provision for learners this S…

312. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will confirm the proportion of funding to ETBs and Solas; if his Department maintains data on the number of redundancies of adult educators who are employees, and the number of non-renewals of contracts of adult educators who are contractors; and, if so, the number of same in 2024 and to date in 2025.; …

315. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the ETB's letting go of adult education tutors who are about enter their 3rd year of teaching, and then advertising their jobs online; and the steps being taken to address this issue. [39829/25]