Parliamentary questions

Science Foundation Ireland

Matt Shanahan

1147. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the names, occupations and specific expertise of the review panel that adjudicated on the recent applications of the Science Foundation Ireland Research Infrastructure 2021 programme call; the international representation on this review panel; the professional relationships the reviewers have as part of their occupation or consulting relationships with educational or public sector bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63274/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the list of all further education and training providers by county; the number of staff employed; the number of courses offered by each provider in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63284/21]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Gould

1149. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding available to those looking to develop citizen science initiatives. [63355/21]

Third Level Costs

Robert Troy

1150. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are financial supports available to assist in completing a diploma course in embalming which is not covered through the SUSI system. [63450/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neale Richmond

1151. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider advising third-level institutions to move their examinations to online given the rising risk of Covid-19 in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63488/21]

Education and Training Boards

Michael Ring

1152. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 29 September 2021, when outstanding claims for incremental credits will be finalised for a person (details supplied) considering that this matter has been ongoing for some time; the progress that has been made since the matter was last queried; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63519/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1153. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the expert panel currently reviewing the further education and training funding model; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63578/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the target number of total registered apprentices for 2022; the breakdown between craft and consortia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63606/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost per advanced healthcare assistant practitioner apprentice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63607/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1156. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost per retail supervision apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63608/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1157. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost per international financial services associate, international financial services specialist apprenticeship and recruitment executive apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63609/21]

Third Level Staff

Marc MacSharry

1158. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation at the University of Limerick in which an unknown number of staff have been overpaid; the number of staff who are affected; the total amount to be repaid; the individual maximum repayment being sought; when these overpayments commenced; if the university made requests for repayment in the week before Christmas 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63628/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard O'Donoghue

1159. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when construction apprentices can expect to complete their apprenticeships (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1149/22]

Third Level Admissions

Neale Richmond

1160. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to extend the additional college places into the 2022-2023 academic year given the leaving certificate points inflation; if additional places will be secured for 2022-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1309/22]

Third Level Admissions

Pa Daly

1161. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if CAO applications for 2022 and beyond will seamlessly facilitate students whose names may be presented in Irish even if names are presented in English in other State systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1311/22]

Departmental Reviews

Mary Lou McDonald

1162. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed. [1554/22]

Health and Safety

Michael Healy-Rae

1163. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address a matter regarding the issuing of safepass and construction skills certification scheme cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1609/22]

Education and Training Boards

Michael Healy-Rae

1164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide information in relation to public expenditure on a site (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1611/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael Healy-Rae

1165. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) will be compensated for the cost of a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1612/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

1166. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular form. [1701/22]

Departmental Contracts

Seán Sherlock

1167. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1719/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

John Paul Phelan

1168. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the public bodies in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that will be included in his new proposals to develop public bodies apprenticeship schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1761/22]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

1169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1801/22]

Third Level Staff

Ivana Bacik

1170. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on and understanding of the prevalence of non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements in third-level education institutions in the context of bullying and sexual harassment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1915/22]

Early School Leavers

Pa Daly

1171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that certain Youthreach services in County Kerry were ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1980/22]

Early School Leavers

Pa Daly

1172. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Youthreach locations currently operational in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1981/22]

Early School Leavers

Pa Daly

1173. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will approve the reinstatement of Youthreach in Cahersiveen and Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1982/22]

Early School Leavers

Pa Daly

1174. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Youthreach learners availing of the service in each location available in County Kerry in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2173/22]

Public Sector Staff

Cathal Crowe

1175. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2349/22]

Public Sector Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

1176. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2367/22]

Public Sector Staff

Michael McNamara

1177. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2387/22]

Further and Higher Education

Holly Cairns

1178. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to expand the eduroam network to all towns and villages in County Cork. [2591/22]

Youth Services

Bríd Smith

463. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to resource Youthreach education amid a staffing crisis that is leaving the most vulnerable young persons at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62450/21]

Youth Services

Bríd Smith

464. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason Youthreach resource workers and co-ordinators are not paid as teachers even though they have the same duties and responsibilities, plus additional work in re-engaging those most in danger of being left behind educationally; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the provision of this education is carried out over 226 days in comparison to normal school terms which amount to 167 days and that there is little opportunity for career or pay progression within the Youthreach sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62451/21]

Youth Services

Bríd Smith

465. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for not extending similar pay and conditions to Youthreach education providers as other teachers; his views on whether Youthreach students are entitled to fully qualified teachers receiving the same pay and conditions and opportunities for career progression as their peers teaching in secondary schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent crisis in substitute teachers makes it impossible to fill resource and substitute positions in Youthreach with appropriately qualified persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62452/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

466. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an over-reliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [62823/21]

Third Level Examinations

Bríd Smith

467. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position in relation to exams in NUI Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students are being forced to sit exams in venues without social distancing or ventilation; if his further attention has been drawn to the added stress and anxiety caused to students and staff that are fearful of catching and spreading the virus in exam situations without proper social distancing and ventilation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62429/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Rose Conway-Walsh

468. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the funding of €9 million allocated to higher education institutions for antigen tests will be increased as a result of the expansion of the initiative to include students in private colleges; if not, if the inclusion of private colleges will mean a reduction in the allocation to each public institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62447/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

469. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62527/21]

Bus Services

Thomas Gould

470. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with BusConnects in Cork, given that there is no proposed bus service from the northside of Cork city to Munster Technological University. [62560/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

471. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is considering offering accredited apprenticeships for tiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62620/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

472. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices on waiting lists to access off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62680/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

473. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total saving incurred in 2020 and the projected savings in 2021 as a result of backlogs in apprentices accessing off-the-job training due to the State paying less in allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62681/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

474. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of registered apprentices; the number of registered craft apprentices; the number of craft apprentices who have been registered for over four or two years in the cases of those registered on two year apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62682/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

475. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of apprenticeships that use private education providers for the off-the-job component of the apprentices' education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62683/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

476. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will request his Department to collect the data on wages paid to apprentices in consortia-led apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62684/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

477. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices waiting to assess off the job training in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62777/21]

Third Level Staff

Holly Cairns

478. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the low levels of persons with disabilities employed in third-level education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62814/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

479. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether an over-reliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [62815/21]

Employment Rights

Holly Cairns

480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address workers’ rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology. [62816/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

481. 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 higher education institutes or institutes of further education in Ireland; the total number of students from Ireland enrolled in higher education institutes or further education colleges in Northern Ireland for each year that data is available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62831/21]

Departmental Reviews

Gary Gannon

482. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62854/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Colm Burke

148. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students at higher education institutions (details supplied), who make up approximately 12% of the higher education student population in Ireland, are to be excluded from the public health free rapid antigen tests initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62030/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Colm Burke

149. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that students studying on publicly funded Springboard programmes in private higher education institutions will be excluded from the free rapid antigen tests initiative while their fellow students on Springboard programmes in the public higher education institutions will be eligible to receive the tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62031/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Colm Burke

150. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given to including students at higher education colleges that are members of an association (details supplied) in the public health free rapid antigen tests initiative in view of the contributions by the students to the Exchequer; if not, if separate funding will be made available to those students for this once off public health initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62032/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Colm Burke

151. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given to the inclusion of students at higher education institutions that are members of an association (details supplied) in the public health free rapid antigen tests initiative in view of these institutions releasing their students to ease the staffing crisis in public primary schools and in early years settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62033/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Colm Burke

152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students at higher education institutions that are members of an association (details supplied) are to be excluded from the public health free rapid antigen tests given the Exchequer is providing free rapid antigen testing to international and European Union students studying in publicly funded higher education institutions who may never pay into the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62034/21]

Departmental Policies

Christopher O'Sullivan

153. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the main policy achievements and initiatives undertaken by his Department during 2021; and his main priorities for 2022. [62196/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Rose Conway-Walsh

154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the funding of €9 million allocated to higher education institutions for antigen tests will be increased to ensure the expansion of the initiative to include students in private colleges and will not mean a corresponding reduction in the amount received by public institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62395/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Rose Conway-Walsh

155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €9 million allocated to antigen tests for third level students is designed and intended to ensure in-person examinations at the end of the first semester of 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62396/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Seán Canney

470. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will reconsider the exclusion of students in private higher education sector from the decision to fund rapid antigen tests for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61664/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Paul Donnelly

471. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students in institutions (details supplied) are to be excluded from the public health free rapid antigen tests. [61969/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Paul Murphy

472. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if private colleges are entitled to free antigen tests for their students; and if so, the way they can access them. [61166/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

473. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is planned to introduce health regulations in relation to the holding of in-person third-level examinations between the end of November and Christmas 2021 in the Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone in view of the risk that the institute might become a super-spreader events and cause Covid-19 to be reintroduced by students returning home for Christmas to households throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61227/21]

National Training Fund

Catherine Murphy

474. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated projected yield from a 0.2% increase in 2022 in the national training fund levy. [61276/21]

Pension Provisions

Niamh Smyth

475. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of a pension review in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide clarity on this matter; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been no update provided since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61296/21]

Youth Services

Danny Healy-Rae

476. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which the youthreach programme operates within Kerry ETB; if the youthreach programme ran in partnership with other services within the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61318/21]

Youth Services

Danny Healy-Rae

477. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason the Youthreach programme is no longer available for learners in Cahersiveen and Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61319/21]

Youth Services

Danny Healy-Rae

478. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position in relation to the staff that were employed in the Youthreach programmes in Cahersiveen and Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61320/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Donnelly

479. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the current situation in multiple colleges across the country in which students have been looking for intervention or support for cancelling in person exams due to fears around Covid-19 and safety precautions in view circulation of packed exam halls; and his plans to deal with the disregard for student safety. [61509/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Catherine Connolly

480. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to include students in private education colleges in the free antigen testing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61535/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Brendan Griffin

481. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the health and safety in sitting in exam halls with hundreds of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61666/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

482. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the suggestion that all exams in third-level institutions that are due to be taking place in December 2021 and early January 2022 not to be in-person exams given the situation with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61715/21]

Third Level Fees

Mick Barry

483. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 December 2021, if he will consider introducing measures such as regulations or legislation that would prevent third-level institutions from passing on debts arising from unpaid fees to debt collectors; his views on the suggestion of a ban on preventing students graduating due to debts arising from fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61716/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Mick Barry

484. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on providing an antigen testing scheme to all third-level institutions including the private higher education sector which would allow for all students who wish to avail of tests free at the point of use given the large numbers of students in many of those colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61717/21]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

485. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the State funding provided to the Tyndall Institute since 2011 either through direct exchequer funding, competitive SFI funding or another source; if there is a commitment to increase Exchequer funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61829/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

486. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of academic and research staff employed by the Tyndall Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61830/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

487. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 24 November 2021 and in view of the fact the projected cost range of this project in the NDP is €100 to €250 million, if the project is projected to cost a total of €75 million (details supplied); the other sources of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61831/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

488. 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 Royal Irish Academy of Music redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61832/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

489. 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 E3 Trinity College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61833/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Pádraig O'Sullivan

490. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given to extending rapid antigen testing to private third-level colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61847/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Pádraig O'Sullivan

491. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending rapid antigen testing to private third-level colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61848/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

265. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved degree course places, first year intake and final year graduates, graduate output, for counselling and psychotherapy in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60912/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

266. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved undergraduate places, first year intake and final year graduates, graduate output for nursing and midwifery in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60919/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

267. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved postgraduate places, first year intake and final year graduates, graduate output, for nursing and midwifery in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing postgraduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60920/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

268. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved undergraduate places, first year intake and final year graduates, graduate output, for medicine in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60921/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

269. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved postgraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for the various medical fields in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing postgraduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60922/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

270. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved undergraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for psychology and occupational therapy in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60923/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

271. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved postgraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for psychology and occupational therapy in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60924/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

272. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved undergraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for speech and language therapy in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60925/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

273. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved postgraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for speech and language therapy in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60926/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

274. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved undergraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for physiotherapy in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60927/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

275. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved postgraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for physiotherapy in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60928/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

276. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved undergraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental technology in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60929/21]

Third Level Education

David Cullinane

277. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved postgraduate places, first year intake, and final year graduates, graduate output, for dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental technology in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans for increasing graduate output in this field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60930/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on electricity costs in tabular form; and if he will provide an additional schedule that sets out all energy costs associated with their ICT hardware, that is, servers and so on in tabular form. [60939/21]

Education Schemes

Fergus O'Dowd

279. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the assistance available in the case of a person (details supplied) to pursue a play therapy course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60979/21]

Third Level Examinations

Peadar Tóibín

280. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will request that a person (details supplied) be permitted to sit university exams online given the exceptional circumstances in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61001/21]

Departmental Consultations

Gary Gannon

281. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [61103/21]

Third Level Education

Neale Richmond

98. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Irish students studying for their undergraduate degree in European universities in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of countries they are going to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60596/21]