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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
66. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide school transport for a number of students to attend a school (details supplied). [45360/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
65. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when a school transport service will be provided to an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45342/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
64. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to list all of the grants and financial support schemes available to the primary school sector for works to enhance and improve the physical conditions of such schools and to assist in the development, for example, of play and sports facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45324/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
63. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if, in light of current staffing shortages in schools, particularly in the greater Dublin area, she has any plans to support the upskilling of long-term SNAs to allow them take up teaching posts without losing any income arising from transferring from long-term SNA contracts to entry-level teacher contracts. [45322/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
62. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she or her officials have engaged with a school (details supplied) on the issue of future funding following the unilateral withdrawal of funding from the school by the patron body the Central Remedial Clinic; her views on the impact of this funding withdrawal on the financial viability of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45321/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1324. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if she will report on the case of a person (details supplied) who successfully secured a course in further and higher education in Ennis and faces charges on Bus Éireann of €81 per week, while travel allowance is only €21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45295/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1323. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of guidance counsellors directly employed by each ETB; and the number that were contracted in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45185/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1322. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has received the 2023 Annual Report from the Higher Education Authority; and when will same be published online. [45184/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1321. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when issues will be resolved in relation to contracts for education providers (details supplied); if he will ensure an early resolution of the outstanding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44872/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1320. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by his Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44862/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1319. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-nursing courses in the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years, in tabular form. [44839/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1318. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures being taken to support apprenticeships and vocational training in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1317. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the progress of the joint application by ATU Mayo and Mayo County Council, made in October 2022, for the provision of student accommodation at the old military barracks site in Castlebar; to provide an update on any other student accommodation availability in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44652/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1316. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €1,000 reduction in university fees will apply to students studying their second degree; what financial supports are available to students in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44555/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1315. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to indicate whether there is a planned funding mechanism to replace the current HCI Pillar 1 / Springboard + initiative beyond its current lifetime; when such a mechanism may come online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44551/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1314. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 838 to 841 of 18 September 2024, where he stated that ‘to be eligible to apply for competitive research funding from national funding agencies, higher education institutions must comply with timelines set out by the HEA for engagement with the Athena Swan Ireland charter’, if he will confirm that Athena Swan Ireland Charter principles are not mandatory intellectual instructions that institutes and the academics within them are compelled to affirm; if he will further confirm that academics who employ intellectual perspectives that diverge from, or contest the Athena Swan Ireland Charter principles, will not be disadvantaged, or subject to less favourable treatment in applications for research funding, career progression or any other academic activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44542/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1313. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44484/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1312. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the OPW in respect of the delivery of a children’s science museum in view of the fact that his Department is the record holder of files associated with the project; if he will provide copies of the files and records referenced (details supplied); and if he has or will be funding the delivery of this project. [44420/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1311. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied that the provisions of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Circular 4/2013 are being properly implemented by his Department; if he is satisfied that civil servants whose career breaks are coming to an end are being notified of appropriate vacancies; if he is concerned by instances where civil servants are having their career breaks extended unnecessarily where the Department has appropriate vacancies to fill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44377/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1310. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that the additional supports announced in Budget 2025 for students in further and higher education will be made available to students from this State studying outside our jurisdiction, taking into account the substantial additional costs for students who have to travel to Northern Ireland or abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44345/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1309. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on a SUSI application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44331/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1308. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if higher education grants have been awarded to post-graduate students who were in receipt of a stipend or bursary that included the payment of fees to the relevant third level institution on behalf of the student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44328/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1307. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of civil servants, by grade, in his Department who were on a career break in 2023 and 2024; the number of those who in 2023 and 2024 who were on a career break of five years or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44304/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1306. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a SUSI appeal will be granted for a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44290/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1305. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details regarding rates of pay or training allowances for apprentices from SOLAS (details supplied); if he is aware of an issue regarding proposed pay increases which have not been delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44212/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1304. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the full economic cost of EDI initiatives in the third-level sector on an annual basis, inclusive of staff time spent on such initiatives; if a cost-benefit analysis has been conducted to ascertain the value-for-money of this expenditure of core Exchequer funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44171/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1303. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff vacancies, by grade, in his Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024; and the number of staff, by grade, on a career break of more than five years and more than six years, at the end of August 2023 and August 2024. [44127/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1302. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if she will allow SUSI to have a discretionary role in assessing applications as not all circumstances fit easily into criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43926/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the stipulation in the guidelines for SUSI grants to ensure that the “first point of entry” requirement for assessment is changed to ensure that if an applicant’s circumstances change over their years in college, they can be reassessed to take into account new circumstances, including details of a change of address that would result in being assessed as “independent”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43925/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1300. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the guidelines around SUSI grants to automatically ensure that all mature students are assessed as independent even if they are living with a parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43924/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1299. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of alternative education establishments/settings (excluding Youthreach services) which operate outside of the traditional mainstream education system within the State; the geographical location of each setting; the criteria laid down for the establishment of an alternative education setting; the total number of students who reengage with the traditional mainstream education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43937/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
996. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of payment for clinical placement in fields such as general nursing, mental health nursing, early childhood education, medicine, social care and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43928/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
984. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the review of the eligibility criteria for the ECCE scheme; if that review will look at the lower age limit with a view to reducing the age limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
977. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of providers that have been paid AIM funding for 2024; and the number awaiting payment, by county, in tabular form. [45113/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
965. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to support a person (details supplied), who has lost her aftercare as a result of dropping out of education because of severe anorexia. [44945/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
942. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to granting a second overage exemption for the ECCE programme (details supplied), whose developmental age differs significantly from her chronological age due to medical and developmental delays; and if he will review the criteria and available supports to ensure that all children, regardless of developmental pathway, are given equal access to early childhood education and the necessary support mechanisms to facilitate their attendance. [44595/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
924. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Early Learning Care and School-Age Childcare services that were found to be non-compliant in 2023 and 2024 in relation to staffing ratios, staff qualifications, Garda vetting and basic needs, broken down by private or community and private service, service size and full day care, part time, sessional, school age childcare and county, in tabular form. [44463/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
923. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Early Learning Care and School-Age Childcare services inspected in 2023 and 2024, broken down by community or private service, service size, full day care, part time, sessional, school age childcare and county, in tabular form. [44462/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
640. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection what engagement her Department has had with the Department of Education in ensuring that school meals can be provided to schools with low enrolment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44162/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
588. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what engagement the National Parks and Wildlife Service has had with local authorities in Kildare to promote environmental education and awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44703/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
511. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 285 and 286 of 18 September 2024, if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence in the preparation of response to Parliamentary Questions; if her Department is aware of Government-approved interim guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in the public service, published in February of this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45255/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
510. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address issues of teacher shortages at all primary and-or second levels schools throughout the country, with particular reference to the need for locums; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45234/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
509. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education when essential works will commence to repair a roof of a school (details supplied) given there are at least five separate leaks seeping water through light fittings creating a health and safety hazard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45232/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
508. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the procedures currently in place or envisaged to combat school bullying in its various forms at primary and second level schools throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45231/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
507. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which new school buildings are required throughout north Kildare, whether replacement or the building of new schools; the progress to date in this regard; the schedule for the provision of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45230/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
506. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the ongoing efforts, if any, to liaise with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, with a view to providing in-house afterschool services in all primary schools throughout the country to ensure seamless transition between education and care facilities for all children and given the necessity for both parents to remain in employment due to high mortgages; if it is anticipated that this issue is being provided for in a meaningful way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45229/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
505. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which adequate school places remain available to parents and school children at Moyvalley, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45228/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
504. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which progress has been made in respect of the provision of new school building for a school (details supplied); the recent progress in this case, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45227/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
503. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which primary school places at Broadford, County Kildare, continue to be assessed, with a view to ensuring that accommodation is sufficient to meet population increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45226/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
502. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress in the provision of extra school facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45225/24]