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Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Éamon Ó Cuív
33. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the arrangements that have been made for the college sections of apprenticeship programmes due to the effect of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22383/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Niamh Smyth
34. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when laptops ordered to assist students with online and blended learning will be available to students in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22630/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Pa Daly
35. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider changing the criteria for calculating SUSI grant eligibility to include whether a parent is in receipt of the working family payment. [22386/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Examinations
Catherine Connolly
36. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he has had with the president of NUI Galway on waiving the €295 repeat exam fee in view of the difficulties faced by students as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22641/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Éamon Ó Cuív
37. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional funding provided to third-level sector in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of additional places made available by the third-level institutions for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22382/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
James Lawless
38. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation report entitled, The Case for Irish Membership of CERN, will be implemented. [22635/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Institutions
Marian Harkin
39. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the response that has been put in place to deal with the issue of sexual harassment and gender-based violence on third-level campuses in view of a recent survey carried out by the Active Consent Programme in NUI Galway in collaboration with a union (details supplied) highlighting the issue. [22645/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Fees
Paul Murphy
40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which the continuation of the full €3,000 student contribution fees can be justified in the context of the Covid-19 crisis, the loss of income for many students and their families and in view of the fact that much third-level education will be provided virtually. [22512/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Rose Conway-Walsh
41. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether the current thresholds for SUSI grant eligibility are set at an appropriate level to provide real equality of access to third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22245/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Fees
Catherine Connolly
42. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if asylum seekers will be exempted from non-EU and EEA university fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22642/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Fees
Paul Murphy
43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the abolition of the €3,000 student contribution fees to enable genuinely free education. [22513/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Institutes of Technology
Joe Flaherty
44. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for the completion of the recently approved STEM building for Athlone IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22631/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Institutes of Technology
Matt Shanahan
45. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans or funding to support for ongoing education at Waterford Institute of Technology in view of the decision by the college to provide nearly all learning remotely due to the inability in capital facilities to provide social distancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22599/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Thomas Gould
46. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to reform the apprenticeship system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Technological Universities
Marian Harkin
47. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the Connacht, Ulster Alliance Technological University application. [22643/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Research and Development
Denis Naughten
48. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he plans to take to improve the interface between the wider research community and the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Fees
Verona Murphy
49. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if student college contributions will be reduced for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22603/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Research and Development
James Lawless
50. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to support the development of new career pathways for early-career researchers. [22634/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
51. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which the Central Applications Office, CAO, will ensure that students who sat the leaving certificate in 2019 are not disadvantaged by the model used to produce predicted grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22597/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Technological Universities
Marian Harkin
52. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of all current technological university applications. [22656/20]