Questions

2734. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current offerings available at an education centre (details supplied); the supports provided by his Department to the expansion of higher education provision at the facility; and the future plans in place to support such an expansion. [47024/25]

2735. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the reckonable income limits for SUSI grants and consider assessing them based on net income rather than gross income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47025/25]

2736. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the case of a person outlined in correspondence (details supplied); the financial supports, grants, or funding schemes available for students in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47226/25]

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]

2739. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 3403 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47358/25]

2740. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 3404 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47376/25]

2741. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the Ulster University Derry campus expansion supported under the Shared Island Fund, including scope, capital profile, co-funders and delivery timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47401/25]

2742. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated number of third level places associated with training therapists to work in the disability sector (details supplied); the full-year cost to the exchequer of delivering these places; and the full-year cost to students, including international students, to take up these places. [47490/25…

2743. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprenticeships created in electrical, mechanical, and welding trades in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47525/25]

3307. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the status of the business case submitted by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science seeking access to the single public service pension scheme for research staff in higher education institutions who are currently excluded from pension entitleme…

3308. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the quality controls in place regarding the training provided by a company (details supplied) for special needs assistants or SNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43084/25]

3309. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated income, expenditure and surplus in the national training fund for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44078/25]

3310. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a report on national training fund spending, and its impact on training and education provision, will be published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44079/25]

3311. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how the national training fund's investment in higher education will be used to implement the funding the future strategy; how the €50 million allocated from the NTF for higher education core funding in 2025 has been invested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44080/25]

3312. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a breakdown of private-owned and publicly-owned student accommodation in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44388/25]

3313. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason adult education teachers are being told there is no role or guarantee of hours for the coming academic year, while positions are being advertised for new recruits, and while Government is increasing funding to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40716/25]

3314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 1 July, to provide an update on his engagements with the City of Dublin ETB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40737/25]

3315. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of companies, and from what sector, collaborating with Research Ireland's activities or other State supported research initiatives in 2024; if the proportion of SMEs can be identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40765/25]

3316. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta cad iad na pleananna atá aige maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge tríú leibhéal nua a chur ar fáil chun a chinntiú go mbainfear amach an sprioc inniúlachta 20% sa Ghaeilge d'oibrithe sa Státseirbhís roimh 2030. [40823/25]

3317. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if he will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40837/25]

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…

3319. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40881/25]

3320. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the exclusion of Marino Institute of Education from core Higher Education Authority funding streams, given its role in teacher training and the impact on students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40899/25]

3321. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expected timeline for finalising the regulations and commencing the designation by order process under the Higher Education Authority Act 2022, which would allow institutions such as Marino Institute of Education to apply for designated status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40900/25]