Parliamentary questions

2130. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme to support fundamental research through the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; the investment towards Ireland's associate membership of CERN; and if he will make a statemen…

2131. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme supporting Ireland's high-performance computing capacity to compete in future research, specifically in artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

2132. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme for research infrastructure specifically for the renewing of outdated and basic equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58724/25]

2133. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the alignment of the Youthreach calendar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58813/25]

2134. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his intention to decrease the age where parental income is taken into account to access SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59066/25]

2135. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the stipulation that those over the age of 23 living at home have their parents' income taken into account to get access to the SUSI grant. [59067/25]

2136. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from Kildare north enrolled in apprenticeships for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59123/25]

2137. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from Kildare north enrolled in further education for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59124/25]

2138. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from Kildare North enrolled in higher education for the 2025-26 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59125/25]

2139. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first-year students enrolled in Maynooth University for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59126/25]

2140. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students which are enrolled in Maynooth University for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59127/25]

2141. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from DCU enrolled in Lyons Farm in Celbridge for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59128/25]

2142. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a parent's income is included in calculations of household income for the purposes of determining eligibility for SUSI where a student, or applicant for studies, is over the age of 23 and not considered a dependent child according to the Family Law Act 1995 as revised.…

2143. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports which are available to students who hold a level 6 qualification and intend to commence another level 6 course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59161/25]

2144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘review the financial supports available to adult learners and promote access to education and lifelong learning’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59357/25]

2145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he sought or obtained any additional supports for financial literacy and financial education in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59358/25]

2146. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is appropriate for publicly funded universities to maintain entry criteria that are unrelated to the content of the course and that exclude otherwise qualified applicants; and if he will take steps to ensure that the NUI foreign language requirement is reformed so as not to disad…

2147. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider expanding the definition of student from a lone parent family in the student assistance fund priority groups to encompass students who were raised by a single parent who is no longer raising any children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59559…

2148. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the statutory, policy or administrative basis under which his Department publishes its consultancy spending reports (details supplied); whether this publication is required under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, or undertaken as a voluntary transparency…

2149. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to consider expanding the criteria for the Student Assistance Fund by redefining the priority groups to include those who come from lone parent families with low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59683/25]

2150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on discussions regarding the alignment of the Youthreach calendar year with the second level calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59774/25]

2151. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s plans to increase the up-take of apprenticeships in the building trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59831/25]

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]

2153. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional supports available for students who lose their parents during their undergraduate years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60006/25]

2154. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital Investment for ATU Mayo, due to the introduction of the electrical apprenticeship programme at the college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60017/25]