Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

298. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the higher education strategic infrastructure fund is exclusively for traditional universities with independent borrowing power therefore excluding technological universities and institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58088/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

299. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total available funding under the higher education strategic infrastructure fund; the criteria used for allocating funding under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58089/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

135. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline all current nearly zero energy building courses such as NZEB, the fundamental awareness course; the number of persons currently enrolled on such courses; the total who graduated from each course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57752/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

136. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current drop-out rate from craft apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57754/21]

Third Level Examinations

Rose Conway-Walsh

137. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans that are in place to ensure that third ##level institutions are prepared for, and capable of providing, alternative assessments for students who do not wish to sit in-person examinations, or for students who are unable to attend due to a requirement to restrict their movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57755/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

138. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding being provided to deliver the new building to expand Dublin City University capacity in key STEM areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57778/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

139. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding that is being provided to deliver the upgrading of the Tyndall National Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57779/21]

Hospital Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

196. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57780/21]

Teacher Training

Rose Conway-Walsh

114. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when she will approve the intake numbers into both the bachelor of education and professional master of education for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57227/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

172. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to stop the spread of Covid-19 in schools and to protect staff, students and the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57226/21]

National Transport Authority

Rose Conway-Walsh

213. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the rail-based proposals included in the published draft as part of the consultation process on Connecting Ireland being run by the NTA in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56980/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

451. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who completed an apprenticeship and became fully qualified tradespersons in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56974/21]

Technological Universities

Rose Conway-Walsh

452. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the provision of a borrowing framework for the technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56975/21]

Grant Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

453. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider continuing to extend the SUSI maintenance grant to persons being transferred from the jobseeker's transition payment to the back to education allowance as a result their child turning 14 years of age and instead continue to provide a maintenance grant even though typically the back to education allowance would not be a compatible payment until the recipient completes their education course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56976/21]

Grant Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

454. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of parents who lose the SUSI maintenance grant as a result of being transferred from the jobseeker's transition payment to the back to education allowance due to their child turning 14 years of age; if his Department has conducted research into the effect this has or will have on the completion rate of education courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56977/21]

Third Level Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

455. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will bring forward an updated Higher Education System Performance Framework given the current framework was only intended to continue until the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56979/21]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

586. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total allocation and expenditure of the Health Research Board since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56978/21]

Foreign Birth Registration

Rose Conway-Walsh

21. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that are being taken to rectify some of the impact the disruption to the operation of the foreign birth register during Covid-19 has had on applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56529/21]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

262. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students in receipt of the back to education allowance in each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56617/21]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

263. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the approved third-level institutions for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56618/21]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

275. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the recently concluded agreement to include Israel in Horizon Europe until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56530/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

277. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of enrolments and graduates from paramedic courses in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56614/21]

Departmental Reports

Rose Conway-Walsh

278. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the economic evaluation of the Cassells report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56615/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

279. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of part-time students in public higher education institutes not including non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56616/21]

Institutes of Technology

Rose Conway-Walsh

148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address the situation in which tutors at institutes of technology on contracts of indefinite duration are unable to join the public service pension scheme; the impact technological university status will have on the ability of tutors to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56260/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

149. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 10 November 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown of Higher Education Authority operational spending including between pay and non-pay spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56261/21]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 10 November 2021, the reason all retrofitting centre of excellence courses are non-NFQ aligned and instead accredited by private companies; if this model will be used in the other three centres of excellence currently being developed; the estimated cost of using private accreditation companies in 2021 for the retrofitting centres of excellence; the estimated cost in 2021 of using private accreditation companies for green skills and retrofitting courses across the whole further education and training sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56262/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total enrolments on all green skill and sustainability programmes running across the tertiary system in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56263/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

152. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 10 November 2021, if the single apprenticeship system that both consortia-led and craft apprenticeships will be migrated to by 2025 will most closely resemble the craft or consortia-led model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

159. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprentices registered to consortia-led apprenticeships that were already employed by the company for more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56386/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

160. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current drop-out rate of consortia-led apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56387/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

161. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the minimum duration allowed for a consortia-led apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56388/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

162. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average age of a craft apprentice; the average age of a consortia-led apprentice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56389/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

163. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduate entry medical students in each year since 2006, excluding non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56390/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

166. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places in medicine in each institution by undergraduate and graduate entry medicine for students from Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK, other EU and non-EU international since 2016, excluding those repeating first year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56427/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

167. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 10 November 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56428/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

168. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students currently enrolled on undergraduate courses in a public higher education institution that are not eligible for the free fees initiative due to the fact that they have previously enrolled on a undergraduate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

169. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total funding allocated to the innovation through collaboration fund; the projects funded, partners and funding allocated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56430/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

170. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students from universities in Northern Ireland were able to register for Erasmus for the winter semester of the 2021-2022 academic year; if they will be able to register in the summer semester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56431/21]

Energy Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

125. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of skilled retrofitting workers that will be needed to deliver on retrofitting targets; the number of each category of tradesperson or specifically qualified retrofitting construction workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55483/21]

Industrial Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

128. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total allocation and final expenditure on each Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland technology centre in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55506/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

129. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the performance of the disruptive technologies innovation fund will be assessed and the output of the research and development activity to ensure value for money for taxpayers', given that €235 million has been awarded to private companies in the first three calls for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55507/21]

Transport Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

206. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to reflect the support given by Dáil Éireann to the motion regarding regional transport infrastructure making particular reference to the Western Rail Corridor in the context of the expenditure ceilings for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55902/21]

Insurance Coverage

Rose Conway-Walsh

227. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with eating disorders are currently being denied access to mortgage protection insurance policies at times on a near permanent basis in respect to persons with long-term conditions; the steps he is taking to address the issues faced by persons unable to access life insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56076/21]

Insurance Coverage

Rose Conway-Walsh

228. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 9 November 2021, the percentage of the 2% of primary home mortgages provided without the requirement for mortgage protection insurance that were given an exemption either specifically due to suffering from an eating disorder or under the exemption (b) of section 126 of Consumer Credit Act 1995 given that this is the only exemption that could cover a mortgage applicant with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56077/21]

Departmental Communications

Rose Conway-Walsh

296. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under his aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56019/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

427. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the 2,650 additional places on retrofit and NZEB courses as outlined in Budget 2022 will be open; the total number of places on retrofit and NZEB courses including these additional places in 2022; the breakdown of the number of places that will be provided for each education and training board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55484/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

428. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduates in each on-site retrofit programme in Waterford, Wexford and Laois Offaly ETB that is targeted at near zero energy building skills training for existing construction professionals and skills to advance programmes related to retrofitting as part of the Just Transition response for Bord na Móna employees in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55485/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

429. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details of each retrofitting or green building skills related reform to the curricula of construction related apprenticeships in the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55486/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

430. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of trainees currently enrolled in each retrofitting centre of excellence to date; the target enrolment for each retrofitting centre of excellence for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55504/21]