Parliamentary questions

Apprenticeship Programmes

Duncan Smith

522. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices who have taken up full-time employment in Ireland following completion of their programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Duncan Smith

523. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new trainers recruited since the inception of the action plan for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8641/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Duncan Smith

524. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on clearance of Covid-related backlog and associated delays in processing new registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/23]

Further and Higher Education

Duncan Smith

525. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans that exist to introduce a media campaign to attract young people to the construction sector similar to that undertaken for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/23]

Education and Training Boards

Michael Lowry

526. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine and review the salary and contracts for local training initiative co-ordinators, given that they have not been reviewed since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8092/23]

Education Costs

Danny Healy-Rae

527. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person is entitled to tuition fees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8109/23]

Further and Higher Education

Michael Healy-Rae

528. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address a matter regarding outdoor education (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8110/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

529. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8151/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

530. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8241/23]

Third Level Admissions

Catherine Murphy

531. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is proposed to increase the number of places on first-year veterinary medicine for Irish students in 2023. [8349/23]

Further and Higher Education

Danny Healy-Rae

532. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8460/23]

Grant Payments

Danny Healy-Rae

533. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on SUSI grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8462/23]

Grant Payments

Danny Healy-Rae

534. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration is being given to increasing the amount of earnings which are disregarded for students who work during their holidays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8468/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Duncan Smith

535. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of receipts collected from the National Training Fund levy for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8644/23]

Departmental Advertising

Matt Carthy

536. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8687/23]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

537. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of communications staff currently employed in his Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; the expected cost for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8704/23]

Education and Training Boards

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

538. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the situation of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards who are still awaiting details on an offer devised by his Department following a recommendation by the Labour Court, and if a timeline for the resolution of any such delay can be outlined [8715/23]

Further and Higher Education

Claire Kerrane

539. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved PLC places in County Roscommon in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8737/23]

Departmental Reviews

Thomas Pringle

540. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for publication of his Department's review of the issue of precarity in academia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8838/23]

Ukraine War

Jim O'Callaghan

541. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the supports that his Department has provided for Ukraine and for Ukrainian people since February 2022, whether in Ukraine or within the State; the number of people supported where relevant; the estimated cost and value of the support, where available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8868/23]

Departmental Legal Cases

Violet-Anne Wynne

542. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/23]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

319. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the progress of the National Review into PhD conditions; if he will provide a full work plan for the review as laid out by chairs and the meetings the chairs may have had or plan to have with stakeholders; the anticipated date of completion for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7813/23]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

320. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to clarify the process by which chairs of the review into PhD conditions were selected and to provide details of the remuneration awarded to chairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/23]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

321. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to request the chairs of the review into PhD conditions contact an organisation (details supplied) and to meet with the organisation as the body representing PhD researchers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7906/23]

Departmental Properties

Carol Nolan

323. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the control of his Department or under the control of agencies under the remit of his Department for the purposes of providing accommodation to international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; if he has identified potential properties and their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7937/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

Seán Sherlock

132. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the attack on IT systems at Munster Technological University; if he has received a briefing on the matter; and whether any request has been received by higher education institutions for funding to buttress IT systems to ensure security of delivery of IT systems. [7468/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

Thomas Gould

133. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the support he has provided to MTU and to its students following the IT breach. [7470/23]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

53. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the second stage of the assessment process for increased veterinary provision, including details on the selection criteria, expert panel and ensuring international standards; the number of additional veterinary places that will be delivered and whether this will meet the current needs of the sector; when the first places will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6962/23]

Third Level Fees

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

54. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students who have previously sat a year in a different course were excluded from the €1,000 discount on third levels fees when they are subject to the same cost of living pressures as everyone else. [7502/23]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

55. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on student accommodation projects at advanced stages of planning that remain undeveloped due to a lack of agreement on Government support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6963/23]

Technological Universities

Thomas Pringle

56. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way he envisages the Killybegs Tourism College developing as a campus of the Atlantic Technological University, if he has any discussions with the Atlantic Technological University around same, if he has received funding applications in relation to the further development of the campus and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7272/23]

Grant Payments

Mattie McGrath

57. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to allow students in receipt of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants to earn income for weekend work without impacting their eligibility for these grants. [6964/23]

Third Level Staff

Gary Gannon

58. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to clarify the process by which chairs of the review into PhD conditions were selected; and to provide details of the remuneration awarded to chairs. [6933/23]

Third Level Costs

Seán Canney

59. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider amending the SUSI terms and conditions to ensure that students whose parents were working and became ill and accessed illness benefit are not discriminated against in the system, in that if the household income is low enough, they will be able to access the special rate of grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2878/23]

Veterinary Services

Matt Carthy

60. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to ensure adequate capacity within higher education institutions for students wishing to study veterinary medicine. [6868/23]

Student Accommodation

Alan Dillon

61. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made in working with higher education institutions to ensure that more accommodation is built on and off campus, as set down in the programme for Government, through the use of cost-rental and other models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6916/23]

Third Level Costs

David Stanton

62. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans, if any, to make changes to the SUSI grant eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/23]

Student Accommodation

Martin Browne

63. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on student accommodation projects at advanced stages of planning that remain undeveloped due to a lack of agreement on Government support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6950/23]

Third Level Education

Mark Ward

64. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement his Department has had with universities, the Department of Health and the HSE to increase college places in the area of mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6773/23]

Departmental Properties

Robert Troy

65. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current position with regard to the electric vehicle, EV, centre of excellence at Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [6613/23]

Further and Higher Education

Catherine Connolly

66. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 1 December 2022, the status of the proposed new further education college in Galway city; the status of the development of the preliminary business case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/23]

Third Level Fees

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

67. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students who previously sat a year on a different course were excluded from the €1,000 discount on third levels fees when they are subject to the same cost of living pressures as everyone else. [6939/23]

Departmental Properties

Chris Andrews

68. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered keeping the Aungier Street campus of TU Dublin in public ownership due to the lack of public facilities in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6889/23]

Student Accommodation

Matt Shanahan

69. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to significantly expand and incentivise the construction of student accommodation in Waterford, given the designation of Waterford as a university city and that no additional student accommodation in Waterford was targeted over the eight years of the national student accommodation strategy 2016-24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60073/22]

Third Level Education

Martin Browne

70. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to deliver an increased provision of healthcare education, given the recent recognition by the Minister for Health that we need to approximately double the number of healthcare professionals we are training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/23]

Scientific Research

Rose Conway-Walsh

71. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the submission to the Government on associate membership of CERN being prepared by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6961/23]

Third Level Education

Louise O'Reilly

72. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to improve the position of PhD candidates as a means to grow the talent pool of workers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

Aindrias Moynihan

73. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his engagement with all third level institutions in view of the recent cyber breach at Munster Technological University, MTU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/23]

Third Level Education

Thomas Gould

74. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered gathering demographic data on where students in universities and colleges went to secondary school and publishing same. [6883/23]

Third Level Admissions

Aindrias Moynihan

75. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied with the current review and appeal process by third level institutions participating with the higher education access route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6942/23]

Third Level Fees

Pádraig O'Sullivan

76. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will give consideration to extending the €1,000 fee reduction to students who moved courses and were required to pay higher fees, given that they had to repeat a year at undergraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5900/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Pádraig MacLochlainn

77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2022; the number of people waiting over six months to access off-the-job training; if the backlog is believed to be impacting registration numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/23]

Third Level Costs

David Stanton

78. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the action taken by his Department to address shortfalls in residency requirements for SUSI applications for applicants whose residency in the State may have been impacted by Covid-19 travel restrictions in place at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6480/23]

Further and Higher Education

Pauline Tully

79. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to create additional places in further and higher education facilities in the 2023-24 academic year to ensure the provision of graduates with the key competencies and skills needed to staff children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6860/23]

Education and Training Boards

Ruairí Ó Murchú

80. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on his engagement with stakeholders, including unions and education providers, to resolve the pay and conditions issues of personal assistants who work in some education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6875/23]

Research and Development

Denis Naughten

81. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he intends to take to improve the interface between the wider research community and the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2036/23]

Departmental Reviews

Rose Conway-Walsh

82. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the ongoing PhD review; if a more formal consultation process will take place later in the review process that will include stakeholder engagement; if he will request that the chairs of the review meet an organisation (details supplied) as the body representing PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/23]

Departmental Reviews

Gary Gannon

83. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to request the chairs of the review into PhD conditions to contact an organisation (details supplied); and to meet with the organisation as the body representing PhD researchers in Ireland. [6934/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Alan Dillon

84. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made in publishing an updated Apprenticeship Action Plan to look at new ways of structuring, funding and promoting apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6917/23]

Departmental Reviews

Gary Gannon

85. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the progress of the national review into PhD conditions; if he will provide a full work plan for the review as laid out by the chairs; the meetings the chairs have had or plan to have with stakeholders; and the anticipated date of completion for the review. [6932/23]

Third Level Education

Peadar Tóibín

86. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who graduated from faculties (details supplied) by university in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6664/23]

International Bodies

Denis Naughten

87. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of Ireland's application to join CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2037/23]

Mental Health Policy

Mark Ward

88. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has engaged with the Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education docment produced by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations that fall under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6772/23]

Further and Higher Education

Pauline Tully

89. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to create additional places in further and higher education facilities in the 2023-24 academic year to ensure the provision of an appropriate pipeline of qualified social workers needed to staff Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6861/23]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

90. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the publication of the review of the student grant scheme that identified a significant unmet demand for part-time learning among students; the steps being taken to expand supports to part-time students as recommended by the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who have accepted CAO offers in each of the past ten years; the number of persons who have dropped out of college in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; if a college-by-college breakdown can be provided on this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6663/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Thomas Gould

92. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will reach its target of 10,000 apprentices in 2023. [6884/23]

Third Level Education

Matt Carthy

93. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the terms of reference with regard to the consideration of a location for a new veterinary school; and if he is confident that any newly established courses will be internationally accredited [6867/23]

Technological Universities

Ruairí Ó Murchú

94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the work being done to help progress technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6876/23]

Education and Training Provision

Holly Cairns

95. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline his engagement with the Minister for Education concerning the provision of higher education training courses for special needs assistants. [6624/23]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Bruton

96. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the present intake into courses catering to the key areas of health needs; and if he will indicate whether there are plans for new initiatives to meet recruitment bottlenecks through new places or flexible programmes such as Springboard. [6756/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Catherine Connolly

97. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for details of any engagement he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to increasing the uptake of apprenticeships in construction-related trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/23]

Third Level Education

Mairéad Farrell

98. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the terms of reference for the consideration of the location of the proposed new veterinary school and the international accreditation that will be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6905/23]

Third Level Education

Pearse Doherty

99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has given consideration to the location of a new veterinary school; and his views on whether any newly established courses will be internationally accredited. [6885/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard Bruton

100. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will indicate the total intake onto apprenticeships in the past 12 months, distinguishing between those going into new apprenticeships and those entering traditional apprenticeships; and the initiatives being taken to drive employer engagement with the new fields. [6755/23]

Education Policy

Michael Healy-Rae

445. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6428/23]

Education Policy

Pádraig O'Sullivan

446. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the Programme for Government to support access routes and inclusive education initiatives to learners with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6436/23]

Departmental Schemes

David Cullinane

447. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and details of compensation or redress schemes put in place by his Department since 1998, in tabular form; the number of claims made; the total cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6463/23]

Rental Sector

Patrick Costello

448. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 1 February 2023, if he will undertake to provide rental supports for PHD students who are excluded from tax credit scheme (details supplied). [6482/23]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

449. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the number of undergraduate new entrants in pharmacy by 25%, broken down by the number of additional new entrants a 25% increase would achieve and the total number of new entrants following a 25% increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6708/23]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

450. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new entrants into all nursing courses on the Mayo campus of ATU for each of the past three years including 2022-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6775/23]

International Students

Darren O'Rourke

451. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new EU undergraduate entrants into Trinity College on a full-time basis since 2016, in tabular form. [6988/23]

Further and Higher Education

Pauline Tully

452. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional places that are planned to come on stream in further and higher education facilities in the 2023/2024 academic year to study speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7010/23]

Further and Higher Education

Pauline Tully

453. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional places that are planned to come on stream in further and higher education facilities in the 2023/2024 academic year to study social work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7011/23]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

454. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of third level graduates in speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7012/23]

Departmental Consultations

Pauline Tully

455. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question 632 of 18 October 2022, if the workshop between higher education providers and the Department of Health to discuss workforce requirements and placement issues took place; if so, to detail the finding of the workshop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7014/23]

Third Level Costs

Fergus O'Dowd

456. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on matters raised by a person (details attached) in respect of the financial pressures on medical graduates; if there are any financial supports that can be drawn down in such a situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7047/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

457. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the baker apprenticeship which was one of the 24 apprenticeship proposals that were approved development funding by the Apprenticeship Council in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7056/23]

Departmental Strategies

Cian O'Callaghan

458. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new international education strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/23]

Further and Higher Education

Denise Mitchell

459. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration is being given to establishing part-time courses in social work that are CORU approved in order to address the current recruitment and retention crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7165/23]

Health and Safety

Robert Troy

460. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address an issue with regard to Safe Pass online courses which may slow the number of applicants successfully obtaining a Safe Pass; and if he is aware that there are 500 possible Safe Pass questions and no written information booklet for applicants to revise. [7194/23]

Third Level Costs

Colm Burke

461. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding which has been introduced to help students deal with the cost-of-living since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7276/23]

Third Level Fees

Colm Burke

462. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures introduced to support students and parents with the cost of college fees since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7277/23]

Further and Higher Education

John McGuinness

463. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if Springboard and Springboard+ programmes managed by the Higher Education Authority on behalf of the Department of Education are funded by the Government and the European Union; if it is within the rules of the scheme that educational and-or professional bodies which are headquartered in the UK should benefit commercially from the scheme post Brexit; if he is aware that Springboard and Springboard+ programmes involve professional and or educational partners that are clearly UK-based and yet are in receipt of subscription, examination and tuition income which is funded by the Government and the European Union; if such arrangements are permitted under the funding rules; if the HEA is monitoring the situation where the beneficiaries of any Irish and-or EU funds are based outside of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7282/23]

Education and Training Provision

Alan Farrell

464. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress being made under Skillnet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7346/23]

Third Level Fees

Robert Troy

465. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the third level fee supports which are currently in place for students who came to the country as asylum seekers and have been granted permission to remain through the regularisation scheme, if there are any plans to make such students eligible for SUSI supports for the coming academic term; and if he is aware of any specific scholarships which such students could avail of. [7384/23]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

466. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which he remains satisfied that science graduates in Ireland are on par with or above the skills emanating from third level institutions in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7400/23]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

467. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the degree to which he expects science to play an increased role in the higher education sector with particular reference to ensuring an adequate number of graduates to meet the demands of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7401/23]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

468. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which he expects the third level educational system here to deliver adequate and suitably qualified graduates to meet the demands of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7402/23]