30. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of additional funding being provided under the Student Assistance Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55995/25]
Topics / Third Level Costs
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsThird Level Costs
73 questions from 49 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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70 written, 3 oral
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| January 2025 | 3 |
| February 2025 | 0 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 2 |
| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 6 |
| November 2025 | 7 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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59. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the current SUSI income threshold and related grant supports for students from low and middle-income families in rural constituencies such as Galway east, where transport and accommodation costs are significantly higher due to limited public transport and distance from third-level campuses; a…
61. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagements he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since August 2025 with regard to Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56051/25]
751. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is sufficient support in place to assist mature learners to attend further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53524/25]
261. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the eligibility criteria for funding of current PhD candidates who commenced their research prior to 1 September 2025; his views on the impact this will have on this cohort of candidates who would have had a reasonable and legitimate expectation of being ab…
963. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD candidates funded by Research Ireland, including legacy IRC/SFI awards, who have received stipend-equivalent maternity, paternity or adoptive leave supports in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the average duration and total cost; and a breakdown by HEI, discipline and funding stre…
964. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will universalise paid family leave supports (stipend continuation and no-cost extensions) across all publicly funded PhD candidates, regardless of funding channel (agency, HEI, or departmental/PI grants); the estimated number of candidates currently outside coverage; if ring-fenced funding will be pr…
977. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update regarding the work of officials within his Department towards encouraging access to graduate-entry medicine student loans. [51692/25]
581. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has discussed the proposed increase of student contribution fees and the continuing shortfall in core higher education funding with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/25]
120. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the targeted supports he intends to give to families for the upcoming college year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37437/25]
145. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he and his Department have had with stakeholders regarding pay rates for PhD researchers students, as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37314/25]
146. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on his Department’s options paper that will identify costs and policy options to reduce the cost of higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37596/25]
392. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason those in a certain programme at a higher level institute (details supplied) were previously funded for two years but those starting in September 2025 will only have one year. [36918/25]
946. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he 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 due to the payment that they would receive being well under that of a full weekly social welfare payment, despite them having t…
57. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to reduce costs for third level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25739/25]
336. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/25]
2537. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to expand the student assistance fund to allow international students to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19753/25]
2541. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to remove the mature dependant category in SUSI and treat all those over the age of 23 as independent regardless of their living situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19758/25]
1904. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to address the higher costs for students of University College Limerick, to repeat exams, modules and years given they appear to be substantially higher than comparable colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11137/25]
1905. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an unfair situation that has arisen (details supplied) will be addressed; if he will intervene and allow for the processing of this application in light of the fact that the delay in the person’s eligibility was a direct result in the delay in the processing of their mother’s working family payment; an…
1702. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the scholarships available for a prospective university student who experienced homelessness as an adolescent and was not under the care of Tusla, therefore making him ineligible for the 1916 bursary and the student assistance fund, as he was neither under Tusla’s care nor in receipt of so…
1704. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to review the case of a child (details supplied); if he will confirm her entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46692/24]
1718. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures available to students to assist with the financial costs of pursuing the graduate education in medicine programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1483/25]