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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Department does not compile programme-level data for the period 2014–2024; however, relevant information is available in the SOLAS Annual Reports and individual Education and Training Board (ETB) Financial Statements for those years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Department does not compile programme-level data for the period 2014–2024; however, relevant information by individual ETB is available in the SOLAS Annual Reports and Financial Statements for those years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Department does not compile programme-level data for the period 2014–2024; however, relevant information by individual ETB is available in the SOLAS Annual Reports and Financial Statements for those years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Department does not compile programme-level data for the period 2014–2024; however, relevant information is available in the SOLAS Annual Reports and individual Education and Training Board (ETB) Financial Statements for those years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 596 and 579 together. The Programmes for Access To Higher Education (PATHs) are the main funding streams to supports the implementation of the National Access Plan (NAP). The PATH is a dedicated fund, broken into five strands, committed to increasing participation by under-represented groups in higher education The objectives of PATH 1 are to:increase the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: My Department continues to support and demonstrate commitment to the programme. A significant level of State resources is held in a fund for the delivery of the scholarships under the legislative framework in place and this funding has been supplemented over recent years by a significant annual subvention from my Department. The US - Ireland Alliance which is responsible for the operation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) Scheme is managed and operated by the Irish Universities Association (IUA) on behalf of the higher education institutions who are autonomous bodies. Admissions under the scheme are regulated by the higher education institutions themselves. Each institution determines its own admissions policy in relation to the schemes, the number of places they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not own any CCTV cameras. Any of my officials with access to CCTV cameras, which are owned and managed by the OPW, but based in my Department’s office locations, only disseminate recorded footage in strict accordance with GDPR guidelines. The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: As the Deputy will be aware the National College of Ireland (NCI) is a private higher education institution. Private higher education institutions, including NCI may be eligible to receive funding from the State for limited courses that are approved for funding under specific initiatives. These include the Free Fees Initiative, Apprenticeships and Springboard+. Under the respective...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: Adult education and adult education tutors play an important role in empowering individuals, broadening access to learning, and in strengthening communities. After many years of work through the established IR mechanisms by my Department with the Department of Education and Youth, the Department of Public Expenditure, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), and SIPTU and TUI, the new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: While I have not had the opportunity to visit the Baldoyle Training Centre since my appointment as Minister, I am pleased to share that I have visited a number of Education and Training Boards (ETBs) across the country in recent months. In March, I had the pleasure of officially opening the state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCE) at Louth and Meath...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I have not visited this campus since my appointment but I have accepted an invitation for the North West Digital Futures Conference 2025 in ATU, Letterkenny Campus on 23 October 2025.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Higher Education Authority estimates that there were around 240 students from South Africa enrolled in Ireland's publicly funded higher education institutions, making it the second largest source of international students from the continent of Africa. Numbers have grown strongly in recent years, with current numbers now at about 60% higher than pre-Covid levels. Education in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: Adult education and adult education tutors play an important role in empowering individuals, broadening access to learning, and in strengthening communities. After many years of work through the established IR mechanisms by my Department with the Department of Education and Youth, the Department of Public Expenditure, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), and SIPTU and TUI, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: My Department has substantially increased its investment in SOLAS, with current funding in 2025 representing a €310 million uplift compared to 2020. This amounts to a 37% increase. In 2025, my Department allocated €1.152 billion to SOLAS, excluding capital, to deliver national priorities in apprenticeships, upskilling and reskilling initiatives, and literacy supports, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1022 and 1030 together. The Department has reviewed the matter raised regarding the cancellation of the Masters component of the Postgraduate Certificate/ Masters programme in Sustainability in Enterprise which the student had planned to complete. These are joint programmes delivered between UCC, Maynooth University (MU), and Atlantic Technological...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in question are autonomous bodies within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997. As autonomous bodies with academic and administrative freedom, each institution is responsible for its own policies and programme development. It is a matter for each individual HEI to determine the intended outcomes for its programmes including if they are to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) Scheme is managed and operated by the Irish Universities Association (IUA) on behalf of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) who are autonomous bodies. Admissions under the scheme are regulated by the HEIs themselves. Each institution determines its own admissions policy in relation to the schemes, the number of places they reserve and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: Higher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006, and the Technological Universities Act 2018. As such they are autonomous in relation to their administrative and academic affairs, and the courses offered by any institution, the number of places offered on a course, and the level at which they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: Adult education and adult education tutors play an important role in empowering individuals, broadening access to learning, and in strengthening communities. After many years of work through the established IR mechanisms by my Department with the Department of Education and Youth, the Department of Public Expenditure, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), and SIPTU and TUI, the...