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73 questions match, newest first.

David Cullinane Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
911. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of approval for the SETU student accommodation developments in Waterford and Carlow; when the preliminary business case was received; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37182/25]
David Cullinane Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
912. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of approval for the SETU apprenticeship building; when the preliminary business case was received; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37183/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
573. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update as to the current status of the application by a university (details supplied) to develop its Wexford campus. [31520/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 27 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
867. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress of the TU Feasibility Study. [27300/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 27 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
885. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of his Department in advancing technological university reforms. [27318/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 27 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
887. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report if his Department has clarified if approval has been secured for the recruitment of senior management teams of Technological Universities following the submission of detailed business cases by Munster Technological University, Atlantic Technological University, Technological University of the Sh…
Maeve O'Connell Written 27 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
891. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of his Department in the development of a career model framework (including the introduction of professorships) and attendant employment contracts following the findings of the 2022 OECD Report. [27357/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 27 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
897. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for information and details about a significant deficit of €8.4 million to the year end 31 August 2023, following a deficit in the prior year of €3.8 million, from Technological University Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27579/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 27 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
898. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for the details he has on a bad debt provision of €371,000 from Atlantic Technological University (ATU) (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27580/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 22 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
25. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the planned professorships for the technological universities. [26165/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2520. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the progress and future plans to give effect to a general borrowing framework, beyond student residential accommodation, for technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2522. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the additional student places, additional new courses and additional new academic disciplines at each of the new technological universities since their foundation. [19516/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2523. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the history of public-private-partnership-funded projects at South East Technological University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2524. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the outstanding debts held by any of technological universities and institutes of technology, the history of those debts and repayments made and envisaged. [19518/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2525. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the progress and plans for new academic employment contracts in the technological university sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19519/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2526. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the new integrated management structures in each of the new technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19520/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2527. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the nature of the financial deficit reported to be in the accounts of Technological University Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
58. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will commit to ensuring that technological universities are able to borrow funds in order to facilitate the building and purchasing of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14566/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
420. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the continuing fallout of a cyber attack to SETU IT operations; the steps and schedule in place to restore student and staff access to the IT network, which is hampering provision of classes and course delivery; if the minister will outline his awareness of the issue and the schedul…
Mattie McGrath Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
421. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of his awareness of the continuing lack of IT access to SETU Waterford campus and the continuing negative effect this is having on course provision and review. [14894/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
422. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the total quantum of funding broken down by capital and current expenditures from his Department that will be allocated to the overall TU network in 2025; to provide similar expenditure capital and current heads for each national university for comparison in 2025 estimates, in tabular form; and …
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]