1654. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason further education and training funding to the LMETB was cut (details supplied) for service plan 2025; if he will immediately reverse this cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29673/25]
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
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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| Month | Questions |
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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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The questions
421. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost to Improve pay for instructors to increase training capacity in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28037/25]
435. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a breakdown of costs for the ‘fund for student’s with a disability (FSD) for the years 2020 to 2025 across all further education and training FET courses, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/25]
439. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science given the significant surplus in the National Training Fund, how the Government intends to utilise these funds to address underinvestment in higher education and support strategic initiatives outlined in the Annual Options Paper. [28395/25]
441. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a breakdown of costs for the special rate threshold from €25,000 to €26,200 in 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/25]
442. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for breakdown of costs based on the increased holiday earnings threshold from €6,552 to €7,925 from 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28398/25]
815. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of officials within his Department to deliver Ireland's first Tertiary Education Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27245/25]
816. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he expects the Tertiary Education Strategy's development to conclude by November 2025 as set out in the Higher Education Authority Act 2022. [27246/25]
817. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on when he expects the public consultation process for the Tertiary Education Strategy to begin. [27247/25]
835. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on when the transfer of functions relating to Further Education and Training from the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 and the Education Act 1998 will be completed. [27268/25]
837. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to update on the development of an appropriate governance framework for the new FET College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27270/25]
838. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to update on the work of officials within his Department on agreeing a detailed blueprint for FET provision in the FET College of the future driving integration, consolidation and specialisation of existing provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27271/25]
839. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to update on whether the management and reporting structures for the new FET College have been finalised; and if not; when does the Minister expect this to be done. [27272/25]
840. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of his Department in the development of a long-term sustainable funding model for tertiary programmes allowing learners to complete further education degrees in a higher education setting. [27273/25]
844. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to make statements on the board vacancies for the HEA and higher education institutions. [27277/25]
845. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he expects the appointment of the new chairperson of the Higher Education Authority to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27278/25]
846. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he expects the appointment of the new CEO of QQI to be made. [27279/25]
847. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he expects his Department to publish the 2025 annual options paper. [27280/25]
848. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the 16 established sexual violence and harassment prevention and response manager posts in higher education institutions have been filled. [27281/25]
849. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on any plans or further actions under consideration by his Department following the conclusion of the Race Equality Implementation Plan in 2025. [27282/25]
850. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the name and details of each of the 50 major projects in the higher education sector receiving Exchequer funding; the name and details of the 65 projects in the FET sector receiving Exchequer funding; and the amount of funding received in each instance, in tabular form. [27283/25]
851. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the name and details of each capital project currently set for delivery through the use of public private partnerships in the third level sector, in tabular form. [27284/25]
853. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the sectoral decarbonisation strategy. [27286/25]
854. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on his Department’s work in the development of a decarbonisation capital investment programme. [27287/25]
855. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on his Department’s work in the development of a new capital investment framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27288/25]