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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: To date, as part of short term response measures, the Government approved in principle up to €100m in funding to unlock the development of approximately 1,000 student accommodation beds across a number of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including a 493-bed student accommodation project in University College Dublin (UCD). Supply data from the Higher Education Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department is progressing both short and longer term student accommodation policy responses under the Housing for All plan. A capital investment of €100m from the National Development Plan windfall allocation has enabled the progression of new purpose-built student accommodation beds through the Department’s Short-Term Activation Plan. This funding enabled activation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 and 421 together. South East Technological University (SETU) continues its recovery from the cyber incident which occurred last October. The majority of classrooms and laboratories are now fully restored, although there are challenges in some locations due to legacy infrastructure from it's IoT phase. SETU continues its efforts to support university...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: The information requested by the Deputy for 2025 is not currently available. Current funding is allocated to universities by the Higher Education Authority annually through the Recurrent Grant Allocation Model (RGAM). Under this model, funding is predicated on a number of variables, including student numbers and competitive calls which becomes available late in the year. Meanwhile, capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Reply not received from Department.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Used to be a serious party.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I thank Deputy Farrell for acknowledging the work that is ongoing. This is a cross-party issue; I do not believe it is a political issue at all. I appreciate her approach to this and I share and reciprocate that. There are several plans in place, which we have spoken about. Some of those are due to expire in the next year or two but they are typically incremental and we continue to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I thank both Deputies for raising this very important issue. I am glad to have the opportunity to address the House on the matter. I am aware of the media reports being referred to by the Deputies. I am extremely concerned about the issue itself and about the wider issue it spotlights, that of women’s safety on university campuses. This is a matter of critical importance. As I...

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

James Lawless: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has recently received a tender report for the works at the facility in question. Department officials are currently reviewing the report with the intention of reverting, via SOLAS, to the relevant Education and Training Board as soon as possible. The timeframe for delivery of works will be established once a contractor is approved for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: As the Deputy will be aware Marino Institute of Education and the National College of Ireland are private higher education institutions. Private institutions play an important role in the overall higher education landscape. These institutions may be in receipt of some limited funding from the State for certain courses that are approved for funding under specific initiatives. These include...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department operates a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Education for Data Governance and Strategy. As such it is agreed that the Data Protection officer for the Department of Education is also the Data Protection officer for my Department. My Department is committed to the highest standards of data protection compliance and engages with the Data Protection Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Our higher education system plays an important role in supporting and promoting the use of the Irish language. This will undoubtedly support efforts to increase the use of Irish in the public sector workforce. The Higher Education Authority Act 2022 highlights the importance of the Irish language by placing a responsibility on the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to ensure that higher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weather Events (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department has not been provided with any additional funding due to Storm Éowyn at this point in time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Leader's Questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: It is your friends' fault.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I have asked my officials to pursue this with their Welsh counterparts and I will revert to you separately in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 873 and 874 together. Ireland joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 2018 following a Government commitment to initiate discussions with four international research organisations – the ESO, LOFAR, ELIXIR and CERN. Ireland has joined three of these organisations and is finalising an Associate Membership Agreement with CERN. A National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: A key pillar of this department's Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 focusses on ensuring that the apprenticeship population more closely reflects the profile of the general population, which includes improving gender balance. As part of the implementation of the Action Plan for Apprenticeship, a €2,666 grant was made available to employers from January 2022 of any national...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question, and the opportunity to inform the House about the work my Department is undertaking with sectoral partners to advance the use of modern methods of construction, or MMC. Greater adoption of MMC, an umbrella term for a range of innovative construction processes, is a key pillar of the Government’s approach to increasing innovation and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: With regard to the particular project which the Deputy has referred to, this is not an area in which my Department has a role. The University of Galway is an autonomous institution within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997. Under this legislation, it is academically and administratively independent and is entitled to regulate its own affairs and administrative processes. As such, as...