Parliamentary questions

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

134. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will bring forward a new student accommodation strategy; the reason that no progress reports on the implementation of the current student accommodation strategy have been produced since quarter three 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6449/22]

Further and Higher Education

James O'Connor

135. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the implementation of the Future FET: Transforming Learning 2020-2024 strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6377/22]

Further and Higher Education

Brendan Griffin

136. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocated in 2021 for the student assistance fund; the amount envisaged to support students in 2022 by institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6326/22]

Further and Higher Education

John Lahart

137. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made to encourage and support students of DEIS schools to access further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6373/22]

Further and Higher Education

Catherine Connolly

138. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the economic evaluation on the Cassells report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6089/22]

Further and Higher Education

Alan Dillon

139. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the development of a capital application process for projects within the educational and training board sector; when new applications can be submitted for capital projects by organisations such as Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6363/22]

Further and Higher Education

Colm Burke

140. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of support provided to further and higher education institutions to invest in capital equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6313/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that all barriers on the path qualification in psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy are removed including the abolition of fees for primary degrees and postgraduate degrees and to ensure that students are paid a living wage for their placements in view of the staffing crisis in CAMHS, early intervention teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6441/22]

Further and Higher Education

Niamh Smyth

142. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the new capital build for Cavan Institute including the site location and timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6368/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

143. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on discussions with the Minister for Education with regard to the possibilities of an open access model for third level that would remove the need for a traditional leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6438/22]

Further and Higher Education

Dara Calleary

144. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the review of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6370/22]

Third Level Admissions

Neale Richmond

145. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that he plans to ensure that there are sufficient third-level college places for students in the 2022-2023 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6390/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ivana Bacik

497. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has consulted with third-level institutions and the Minister for Justice in respect of a situation which has arisen during the pandemic in which non-European Union students who return home during the academic year and who are unable to return to Ireland for reasons relating to the pandemic miss deadlines for visa renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5973/22]

Third Level Education

Alan Farrell

498. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of course places available in third-level institutions for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and clinical psychology in the 2022 enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5916/22]

Third Level Education

Alan Farrell

499. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to whether there was an oversubscription to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and clinical psychology courses through the CAO scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/22]

Grant Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

500. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the changes that have been made to the Student Universal Support Ireland grant criteria; when it comes into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5989/22]

Education and Training Boards

Jackie Cahill

501. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of heavy goods vehicle and bus drivers that were trained through the education and training board system in 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5996/22]

Departmental Contracts

Seán Sherlock

502. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the amount paid for each consultant; and the reason for the consultancy. [6039/22]

Education and Training Provision

Catherine Connolly

503. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the report of the review by the expert panel on the further education and training model will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6097/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Catherine Connolly

504. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the recently published national surveys on sexual harassment and sexual violence experienced by third-level students and staff; the details of proposals received to date in this regard from the Higher Education Authority Advisory Group on Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6098/22]

Student Accommodation

Emer Higgins

505. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work that has been undertaken to improve the availability and affordability of student accommodation. [6106/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Emer Higgins

506. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is pursing specific strategies to increase the number of women undertaking apprenticeship courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6107/22]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

507. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has been contacted by the HSE or Department of Health officials with concerns in relation to recruitment issues within their disability teams that they are advising are as a consequence of a lack of suitable candidates graduating from third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6170/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Michael Creed

508. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress or otherwise made with regard to the uptake of apprenticeships particularly with regard to apprenticeships in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/22]

Education and Training Provision

Michael Creed

509. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions being taken by his Department to address the requirement for chefs in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/22]

Official Travel

Catherine Murphy

510. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6234/22]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

511. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he anticipates receiving and publishing the review of the funding model for further education and training commissioned by SOLAS in late 2019 from an independent expert panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6263/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

512. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the 2021 drop-out rate from craft apprenticeships by apprenticeship type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6264/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

513. 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 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6265/22]

Further and Higher Education

Cormac Devlin

514. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress being made on the Cassell report from 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6284/22]

Further and Higher Education

Brendan Smith

515. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the provision of additional accommodation for a college (details supplied) can be progressed at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6433/22]

Third Level Staff

Sorca Clarke

516. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has implemented the senior academic leadership initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6455/22]

Departmental Reviews

Sorca Clarke

517. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the review and update of the International Education Strategy for Ireland as proposed in the Programme for Government has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6456/22]

Student Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

518. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he plans to bring forward a new student accommodation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6532/22]

Student Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

519. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason no progress reports on the implementation of the Student Accommodation Strategy have been produced since Q3 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6533/22]

Student Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

520. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of on-campus or higher education institution owned student accommodation beds that have been added to the system in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6534/22]

Further and Higher Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

521. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to bring a proposal to Cabinet in regard to reducing third-level fees as part of a sustainable funding model for higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/22]

Further and Higher Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

522. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the economic evaluation of the Cassell’s report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6536/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

523. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, qualifying income criteria in order that families in receipt of the working family payment automatically qualify for the SUSI grant and maintenance payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6636/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

524. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the SUSI qualifying income thresholds with a view to adding additional bands for dependent children, that is, expanding the number of bands from the current three bands and increasing the overall income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6637/22]

Departmental Funding

Carol Nolan

525. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is responsible for funding the Higher Education Authority; if so, the funding provided to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6640/22]

Third Level Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

526. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to move to a unitary funding model that provides equal funding to the university and technological sector as part of a sustainable funding model for third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6643/22]

Technological Universities

Ruairí Ó Murchú

527. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that his Department has decided to provide capital investment to the newly-formed technological universities almost exclusively through public private partnership contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6644/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

528. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that are available for mature students who wish to study part-time on a course that is not covered by Springboard+; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6645/22]

Departmental Reviews

Ruairí Ó Murchú

529. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the SUSI review and bring forward measures to improve the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6646/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Bernard Durkan

530. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which he continues to put in place provisions to ensure sufficient apprentices to fill ongoing and future vacancies at all levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

531. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which higher education continues to meet workplace requirements in terms of suitably qualified personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

532. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which his Department continues to encourage appropriately qualified graduates to meet all workplace requirements having particular regard to the trends which would appear to indicate a substantial number of vacancies under various headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

533. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which his Department monitors job vacancies as opportunities become available for variously qualified graduates with a view to filling vacancies in the workforce as quick as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6751/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

534. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which appropriately qualified young persons are in a position to take-up positions at various levels throughout the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6752/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

535. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students likely to graduate on an annual basis over the next five years with a qualification to fill the job vacancies becoming available having regard to recent experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6753/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

536. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which he and his Department have identified the full extent of job qualification requirements throughout the workforce; the degree to which measures are in hand to ensure the filling of all such posts in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6754/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

537. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the nature and educational requirements of the jobs advertised or otherwise indicated as being in need of being filled over the past five years; the extent to which academic and non-academic requirements have emerged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6755/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

538. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his expectations regarding the likely availability of job opportunities with academic and non-academic qualifications in the future; the extent to which he expects to meet such market requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6756/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

539. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which third-level institutions are in a position to meet the supply of graduates necessary throughout the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6757/22]

Bullying in Educational Institutions

Bernard Durkan

540. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which his Department continues to monitor incidents of bullying in the workplace throughout the higher education system; the extent to which action has been taken or is proposed to deal with such issues in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6758/22]

Third Level Education

Bernard Durkan

541. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the degree to which he expects to influence the higher education system to ensure the ongoing availability of a steady stream of highly qualified technicians and academics on par with the best in the world which provides a workforce competent in the skills required in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6759/22]

Third Level Admissions

Thomas Gould

355. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first year places available by university for speech and language therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5695/22]

Third Level Admissions

Thomas Gould

356. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first year places available by university for physiotherapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5696/22]

Third Level Admissions

Thomas Gould

357. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first year places available by university for occupational therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5697/22]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

358. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first year places available by university for play therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5698/22]

Third Level Education

Thomas Gould

359. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are currently no physiotherapy undergraduate courses in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5699/22]

Third Level Reform

Gary Gannon

360. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the recommendation from a report (details supplied) on the creation of the role of sexual misconduct prevention and response managers in further and higher education institutions and for that work to be supported full-time by a national and or sectoral representative and a panel of trained investigators. [5716/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Holly Cairns

361. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his view on and response to a report concerning sexual violence in Irish colleges and universities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5808/22]

Institutes of Technology

Matt Shanahan

110. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the bundle II public-private partnership building programmes promised to Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5288/22]

Institutes of Technology

Matt Shanahan

111. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to enlarge the Waterford Institute of Technology campus area through land acquisition; the existing land ownership holding presently available to WIT area in acres by combining its assets on the Cork Road and Carraiganore and any other areas in its ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5289/22]

Institutes of Technology

Matt Shanahan

112. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the budget parameters his Department envisages providing for new teaching space at Waterford Institute of Technology; the timeframe under consideration to disburse such funds excluding the long-promised engineering building PPP; the routes available for the college or the new Technological University of the South East to borrow money to support new capital and resource activity to develop additional teaching space given that he has confirmed there is no opportunity to access European Investment Bank supports unlike the national universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5290/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

578. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the scientific basis on which lectures at Maynooth University over a certain number of students are being continued online while catering facilities on campus and the hospitality industry generally are open to capacity State-wide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4850/22]

Further and Higher Education

Jennifer Whitmore

579. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the delivery of education and training opportunities offered under the SOLAS green skills action programme due to be completed by the fourth quarter in 2022 as set out in the climate action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4311/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Jennifer Whitmore

580. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which he has worked on clearing Covid-19-related backlogs in apprenticeship as part of climate action No. 222 in the climate action plan’s annex of actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4325/22]

Third Level Admissions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

581. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who deferred a place on the CAO in 2021 for entry to university in September 2022. [4440/22]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

582. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who sat the leaving certificate in 2021 who have applied to the 2022 CAO. [4441/22]

Legislative Process

Denis Naughten

583. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts for which a commencement order has yet to be signed in his Department; the reason for the delay; when commencement orders will be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4762/22]

Third Level Education

Catherine Murphy

584. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who did not complete year one and-or officially withdrew from their third level education course in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by college and-or third level education provider in tabular form. [4793/22]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

585. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of medical graduates in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the estimated number of expected graduates in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4829/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

586. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason some third level students, for example at Maynooth University, are continuing to have lectures online while catering on campus and society in general are open to pre-pandemic levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4851/22]

Grant Payments

Robert Troy

587. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to extend SUSI grants to cover student fees for those attending university in the North of Ireland given students can qualify for maintenance assistance but not assistance with fees. [4904/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

588. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether all lectures should be held on campus including Maynooth University as opposed to online given that pubs, restaurants, football matches, cinema and so on are all back to full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5041/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Éamon Ó Cuív

589. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are restrictions on third level colleges having in-person lectures, seminars and tutorials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5094/22]

Third Level Education

Sorca Clarke

590. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he has had to date with further and higher education institutions to put in place a strategy to develop new fast-track, mid-career educational models that can meet the rapidly evolving needs of the new economy as per the programme for Government. [5150/22]

Third Level Education

Neale Richmond

299. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that all third-level libraries are equipped with devices (details supplied) that read text aloud to assist those with dyslexia or those with sight loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4025/22]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

300. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his Department for the period 1 January 2021 to date; if so, if he will provide details of the policies; the costs incurred for each individual poll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/22]

Museum Projects

Denis Naughten

301. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline his discussions to date to secure the continued operation of the Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4140/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

302. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science The number of students in further and higher education that have dropped out during the academic year 2021-2022, by institution and year group, that is, first year, second year, third year and fourth year [4208/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the full report, details and responses to the University College Dublin attitudes to forestry survey for counties Wicklow and Kerry conducted by a person (details supplied). [3739/22]

Third Level Education

Paul Donnelly

127. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the public schools within the European Union that are covered under the SUSI grant; if there are exclusions; and if so, the reason for exclusion. [3686/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

128. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from Northern Ireland who are enrolled in further education in Ireland in each year that data is available in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3736/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

467. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that are available for mature students that wish to study part-time on a course that is not covered by Springboard+; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2916/22]

Education Policy

Catherine Murphy

468. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to date to develop and or introduce a gender-focused sexual education awareness campaign in the higher education sector. [2960/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

469. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is currently undertaking a review of student mobility on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3468/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

470. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3501/22]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

471. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of civilian and Garda Ministerial drivers in his current corps of drivers; the breakdown of the civilian versus Garda drivers; and the total costs including salaries, maintenance, fuel and so on incurred by the driver corps in 2020 and 2021. [3969/22]

Health and Safety

Michael Lowry

1139. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider special contingency measures to allow expired Safe Pass registration cards, cards that had expired after 31 December 2021, to remain valid for an additional six months in order that the safety awareness registration card shall be regarded as valid until 30 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2308/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Rose Conway-Walsh

1140. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated number of students that will receive a free antigen test prior to their end of semester exams commencing; the estimated number of students that will receive a free antigen test prior to the end of the first semester of 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62936/21]

Third Level Education

Paul Murphy

1141. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding that University College Dublin provides to the Museum of Literature. [62978/21]

Education and Training Boards

Rose Conway-Walsh

1142. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if eight education and training boards will receive less funding compared to 2020 despite the €0.8 million increase to the Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund; the education and training boards that will receive less funding; the reduction amount in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63010/21]

Departmental Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1143. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are grants available to students who wish to pursue postgraduate opportunities but have already availed of the SUSI grant for an undergraduate degree; the funding available to a person in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63117/21]

Departmental Schemes

Mark Ward

1144. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to extend the SUSI grant to part-time college courses. [63170/21]

Departmental Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1145. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the SUSI review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63195/21]

Departmental Reports

Duncan Smith

1146. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the response of his Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be made in quarter one 2022 in response to these findings; if he will implement an all-Department response which will be timescaled and measured to ensure everyday costs are reduced for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63224/21]