856. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his officials within his Department are working to address the implications of section 64 governance reports on capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27289/25]
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
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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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857. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the name and stage of each project under the Technological Sector Projects Fund; and to list the Exchequer funding provided for each project, in tabular form. [27290/25]
858. 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 acquire sites in FE and HE areas to facilitate capital project investment; and to report on the maximum number of sites the Department is currently considering acquiring. [27291/25]
861. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the name, current stage and funding for each project currently under progression under the Strategic Infrastructure Upgrades Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27294/25]
862. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Sligo NZETB Training Centre, MSLETB, is currently on track to be brought into operation in 2025. [27295/25]
863. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Ballyfermot Training Centre NZETB provision, CDETB, is currently on track to be brought to an on-site position in 2025. [27296/25]
864. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the name and cost associated with each minor capital works under his Department’s capital programmes delivery unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27297/25]
865. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the next evaluation meeting for the College of the Future Major Projects Fund, targeted for Q1 2025 has taken place. [27298/25]
870. 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 implementing the 2023 OECD review of Ireland's national skills strategy's recommendations. [27303/25]
875. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and names of institutions that have been the subject of statutory processes by the Higher Education Authority under the HEA Act 2022, in tabular form; and if any institution has been the subject of such processes on multiple occasions. [27308/25]
878. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of his Department on the implementation of the National Access Plan 2022 - 2028. [27311/25]
879. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to update on the progress of the disabilities pilot project in Further and Higher Education, as provided for in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27312/25]
880. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on if a support team has been created to ensure the completion of the disability pilot project. [27313/25]
883. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of his Department to further extend the ceiling of core-funded posts in Higher Education with regard to the 2011 employment control framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27316/25]
884. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to update on the expansion of the part-time pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27317/25]
886. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress of the higher education strategy 2025+. [27319/25]
901. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the growing population in Fingal west; if he understands that there are no third level education facilities in this area; if he will provide an update on his plans to address this deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27695/25]
902. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that a large industrial facility in Fingal west that has recently closed (details supplied); if he will give consideration to examining this site for a possible third level college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27696/25]
5. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for the single-phase delivery of the new campus for Dunboyne College of Further Education and Training, Dunboyne, County Meath, to be funded from as many relevant streams as possible, including but not limited to SOLAS, sports capital and national training funding. [26525/25]
10. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline the capital projects in the further education sector that will be progressed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26306/25]
14. 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 on the new further education and training strategy in collaboration with SOLAS following the conclusion of its public consultation earlier this year. [25568/25]
15. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from County Mayo who applied for SUSI grants in the past three years; the number of those applications that were approved; the breakdown of the type of SUSI supports awarded to students from County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26276/25]
16. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the educational and space needs of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin’s Liberties for the students and the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26194/25]
17. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional training spaces created in the disciplines of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology within the third level sector for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/25]
19. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work being carried out to examine how best a person-centred support model for learners with disabilities can be developed across further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25306/25]