Parliamentary questions

657. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of the performance and evaluation framework for the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction; the date on which the framework is expected to be formally approved; whether draft metrics have been agreed by the Project Advisory Group; and whether the …

658. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the baseline data identified for measuring the impact of the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction; the specific quantitative target indicators to be used in assessing uptake of MMC in public housing delivery, training throughput, and cost and time efficiencies; an…

659. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the policy rationale for commencing capital works on the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction prior to finalisation of the performance and evaluation framework; whether a written risk assessment was undertaken in relation to this sequencing decision; and if so, wh…

660. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reporting structures applicable to the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction, including the frequency of reporting to his Department; whether performance data will be laid before the Oireachtas; and whether the Project Advisory Group minutes are recorded and re…

661. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total capital funding allocated to each technological university since they were established, broken down by TU, by year, a list of the projects funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16112/26]

662. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of all capital projects submitted to her Department from SETU; the status the projects are at including appraisal, design, planning and so on; the projected timeline for delivery for each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16113/26]

663. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 19 February 2026, if the information requested can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/26]

282. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body…

283. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to encourage greater participants by Mexican students in third level institutions and continuing educational opportunities in Ireland. [15447/26]

284. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…

1123. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14021/26]

1124. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to confirm the differing roles between the LTI coordinator and CTC manager; and if the CTC manager does the work of a tutor, alongside their roles. [14069/26]

1125. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if CTCs are direct employees of his Department, or whether they report to their independent boards of directors; and whether CTC pay conditions rest with the CTC boards. [14070/26]

1126. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14102/26]

1127. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14392/26]

1128. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14410/26]

1129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for IADT as the only remaining Institute of Technology to remain following the announcement of the partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast, with the intention of the former eventually becoming a university college of the latter…

1130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if plans for IADT to achieve university designation will be through the Technological Universities Act 2018, or an amendment to that act, thereby preserving the alignment with other Technological Universities in terms of contracts and terms and conditions of both existing and fut…

1131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a guarantee will be provided that academic staff and their representative trade union (details supplied) will be consulted at all stages and on all plans relating to IADT achieving university designation; and whether he will additionally guarantee that the May 2017 collec…

1132. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14586/26]

1133. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of pre-apprenticeship training courses currently running, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14654/26]

1134. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given to expanding the number of access to apprenticeship courses from the three currently operating nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14655/26]

1135. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered special mechanisms to support places for members of the Traveller community on access to apprenticeship courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14656/26]

1136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in respect of the “Build Back Home” advertising campaign in 2024 and 2025:to state the procurement route used for each element of the campaign, including creative development, production, media planning and media buying; to confirm whether an Office of Government Procurement framework agr…

1137. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide, in euro terms, the total media expenditure per channel for the “Build Back Home” campaign in 2024 and 2025 respectively, including digital audio, social media, outdoor, digital display and video; to reconcile the percentage breakdown provided in his previous reply for 2025, wh…