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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 884 and 885 together. Currently, there are 77 national apprenticeship programmes available spanning from level 5 to level 10 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). The programmes cover an extensive variety of areas that feed into the development of the growing Irish economy. This ranges from construction and engineering to health, hospitality,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 886 and 887 together. The Government is committed to ensuring that employers continue to value apprenticeships and are incentivised to participate in apprenticeship programmes across all sectors of the economy. The department’s Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 recognised that the cost of training is a potential barrier to employer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. The B4 subhead is used to fund current activities in higher education institutions. The provision of higher education funding on an annual basis, is part of overall expenditure management and budgetary policy of the Government. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. The B4 subhead is used to fund current activities in higher education institutions. The provision of higher education funding on an annual basis, is part of overall expenditure management and budgetary policy of the Government. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 890 and 895 together. I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. The B4 subhead is used to fund current activities in higher education institutions. The provision of higher education funding on an annual basis, is part of overall expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. The B4 subhead is used to fund current activities in higher education institutions. The provision of higher education funding on an annual basis, is part of overall expenditure management and budgetary policy of the Government. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. The B4 subhead is used to fund current activities in higher education institutions. The provision of higher education funding on an annual basis, is part of overall expenditure management and budgetary policy of the Government. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 893 and 896 together. I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. The B4 subhead is used to fund current activities in higher education institutions. The provision of higher education funding on an annual basis, is part of overall expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. As the Deputy will be aware Griffith College is a private higher education institution. Private institutions play an important role in the overall higher education landscape. These institutions may be in receipt of some limited...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 897 to 900, inclusive, together. I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 and the allocations under my Department’s B4 subhead. The B4 subhead is used to fund current activities in higher education institutions. The provision of higher education funding on an annual basis, is part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. The Student Grant Scheme, administered by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), provides grant assistance to eligible students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I wish to clarify for the Deputy that the private sector activity referred to in the answer given to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 19 June 2025 refers to the activity of international students using travel agents operating outside of the State to help them organise study, accommodation and travel arrangements to come and study in Ireland. These agencies act as intermediaries between...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 245, 246, 247 and 248 together. My officials are working closely with their counterparts in the Department of Health to expand training places in areas of acute skills shortage, including oral healthcare and dentistry. The Department of Health is undertaking a scoping project and skills assessment across the oral healthcare sector. This will help inform...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: My Department operates a shared service agreement with the Department of Education and Youth, which provides assistance and support on public procurement policy, contract registration services, and related advisory functions. In addition, the Department has a designated Procurement Compliance Lead, a role held by an Assistant Principal who undertakes these responsibilities alongside other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Within the Department, at least two staff members hold a formal procurement qualification. One achieved their qualification prior to entering the Department. The other staff member completed the Kings Inn - Advanced Diploma in Public Procurement Law while in the Department. In addition, over the past 12 months, the Department has facilitated ongoing Continuing Professional Development in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: The Department operates a central Contracts Register which is located within the internal intranet. In line with the Department’s devolved procurement structure, individual Business Units are responsible for recording all contracts awarded for goods and services on the central Contracts Register. This register is periodically reviewed by the Department’s Procurement Compliance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (24 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 938 and 939 together. Marino Institute of Education (MiE) may be open to applying for the title of “designated institution of higher education” once the relevant provisions in the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 have been commenced. This designation would bring MiE under the governance oversight of the HEA. When the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Exam Timelines (24 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: Education and Training Boards (ETB) Ireland have advised my officials that the scheduling of exams and repeat exams falls within the remit of an individual ETB and each College of FET within that ETB under the direction of the respective Director of FET, taking cognisance of programme delivery and available staff resources. As the Deputy will appreciate, PLC courses are provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (24 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: The main support available to assist students with the cost of attending higher education is the Student Grant Scheme as administered by the awarding authority, Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. A new Part-Time Fee Scheme for Specified Undergraduate Courses was launched on 01 August 2024....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Jun 2025)

James Lawless: The institution to which the Deputy refers is not under the auspices of my Department. Its primary relationship is with the Department of Education who I understand, provides funding to it to meet specific skills needs. Private higher education institutions, including the institution to which the Deputy refers, may be eligible to receive funding from the State for limited courses that...