890. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in total grants paid to St. Angela’s College from the estimated €10,464,000 in 2022 to the estimated €9,483,000 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36011/25]
Topics / Further and Higher Education
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsFurther and Higher Education
415 questions from 87 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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398 written, 17 oral
87
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 48 |
| April 2025 | 11 |
| May 2025 | 75 |
| June 2025 | 15 |
| July 2025 | 54 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 11 |
| October 2025 | 19 |
| November 2025 | 8 |
| December 2025 | 32 |
| January 2026 | 20 |
| February 2026 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 8 |
| April 2026 | 22 |
| May 2026 | 17 |
| June 2026 | 14 |
| July 2026 | 24 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 14 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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891. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in total grants paid to the Irish University Association from the estimated €9,049,000 in 2022 to the estimated €4,066,000 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36012/25]
892. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in total grants paid to the National College of Ireland from the estimated €2,886,000 in 2022 to the estimated €2,728,000 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36013/25]
893. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in total grants paid to the Royal Irish Academy from the estimated €7,463,000 in 2022 to the estimated €7,062,000 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36014/25]
894. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in total grants paid to Griffith College from the estimated €1,801,000 in 2022 to the estimated €1,336,000 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36015/25]
895. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in recurrent grants paid to St. Angela’s College from the estimated €8,795,000 in 2022 to the estimated €7,655,000 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36016/25]
896. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in recurrent grants paid to the Royal Irish Academy from the estimated €6,167,000 in 2022 to the estimated €5,596,000 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36017/25]
897. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for details as to the reason there has been no increase in recurrent grants paid of the estimated €1,105,000 for Maynooth University since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36018/25]
898. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in skills grant payments for a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36054/25]
899. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in the skills grant payments for a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/25]
900. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information regarding the decrease in Skills Grant Payments for a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36056/25]
355. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of successful SUSI applicants in each of the 32 counties in the 2024-2025 academic year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35118/25]
244. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 19 June 2025, if he will provide supplementary information in relation to highlighted matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/25]
959. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the further education options available for a person who already possesses a degree or master's qualification and wishes to completely change direction in their career by choosing an area that is lower than their existing qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34543/25]
431. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has plans to intervene or offer supports to dozens of Brazilian students left in limbo following the sudden closure of an agency (details supplied) at the end of May 2025, which mediates between students and schools, colleges, and universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33256/…
432. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount raised in each of the past ten years via the annual student contribution (previously called the student services charge) at third level, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33271/25]
433. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an estimate of the average annual cost per student of delivering one year of full-time university education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33272/25]
434. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the funding under the Strategic Infrastructure Fund to build a new Youthreach facility on the site of the existing college site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33311/25]
435. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost per annum of the scheme to attract academics from the United States by co-funding their salaries which was announced in May 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33329/25]
403. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reverse austerity measures made during the financial crash regarding FET learners payments, as many prospective students are not able to take up places on suitable courses as the payment they would receive is well under that of a full weekly social welfare payment, despite them having travel and food costs and other costs associated with a…
949. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when his Department will implement a revised funding model for graduate entry medicine students, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32053/25]
950. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if new financial supports are being developed to assist graduate entry medicine students in meeting the cost of tuition, in light of the recent withdrawal of graduate medical loan products by commercial lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32054/25]
965. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for programme expenditure to address the numbers of invention disclosures from higher education institutes; the reasons there is a significant decrease from 486 in 2021, 400 in 2022 and 361 in 2023; to details of this for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
970. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there is no consistency in numbers from his Department of Skillnet Ireland learners from the 2023 outturn target of 96,646 to the 2024 output target of 82,800 to the slightly increased output target of 84,000 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32540/25]
386. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to allocate funding to a local training initiative (details supplied), to retain this vital community development programme. [31216/25]