Education and Training Provision

1270. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total budget allocation to SOLAS in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24371/25]

1271. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports available for adult learners; if his Department has any plans to expand the financial supports on offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24372/25]

1061. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the strategy led by her Department to ensure that children resident in IPAS centres are provided with school places and integrated into their new school communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21174/25]

1063. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education whether her Department has, or has access to, data on the number of children with an autism diagnosis who are enrolled in mainstream classes in primary schools; whether her Department has, or has access to, the number of children awaiting an assessment for autism who are enrolled in mainstream classes in primary schools; if she will prov…

1064. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school children with autism in special schools, special classes and mainstream classes respectively in each of the past five academic years and projected for the coming five years, in tabular form. [21184/25]

1065. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education where a student (details supplied) can access a special unit or a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21231/25]

1066. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21260/25]

1067. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21261/25]

2557. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the number of new courses, full-time and part-time, that have been added at ATU Mayo campus since 2020, as well as the number of courses, full-time and part-time, that have been discontinued in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19935/25]

2559. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details and the breakdown of the student intake into primary teaching colleges and university faculties of education for the years 2020 to 2024; the gender breakdown of both students in training and students graduating at primary level and post-primary level; and if he will make a sta…

845. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for each year since 1 January 2020, the cost of operation of e-college; the number of Solas staff who work on e-college projects; the process for evaluating value; the completion rate and number of participants in each course; the cost per head of each course per completing student; …

846. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will undertake one of the shorter e-college courses so that he might better understand the user experience of the platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/25]

850. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update regarding the new campus for Kilkenny College of Further Education and Training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15641/25]

237. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education how SNAs who work in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14787/25]

238. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education how retired teachers who previously worked as teachers in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14788/25]

423. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the up to date progress with the Pretty Polly site in Killarney, County Kerry as a centre for training and education. [14974/25]

990. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason time spent on vocational training opportunities schemes are not considered as part of the required cumulative paid days for consideration for particular social protection bonuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/25]

1933. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of people who attained qualification in early years childcare in each of the years from 2004 to 2024; and the QQI/FETEC level attained, in tabular form. [12831/25]

855. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position with respect to the development and expansion of green and sustainability-focused skills across all tertiary education programmes. [5567/25]

157. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education to detail all discussions and consultations that took place with staff before an announcement to relocate the Donegal Education Support Centre was made; if the views of staff were taken into consideration when making the decision; if so, the way in which they were so considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4971/25…

295. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expected timeframe for a conclusion of discussions between a union (details supplied) and officials from his Department on the alignment of the Youthreach calendar with the second-level academic year calendar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4909/25]

297. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of discussions between a union and officials from his Department in respect of a matter related to academic calendar alignment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5187/25]

713. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline his Department’s plans for expenditure of monies allocated in the Budget 2025 skill package for training to support digital transformation. [4069/25]

714. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for his plans for investing in digital skills such as basic digital literacy and in increasing education in areas like AI and quantum computing in further and higher education institutions. [4070/25]

716. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated impact on training courses in the 2025-2026 academic year of the end of the human capital initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4159/25]