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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The brief that I received on my appointment as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is currently being reviewed for publication and will be made available on my Department's website in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 716 and 717 together. The Human Capital Initiative (HCI) represents a ringfenced €300m investment from the National Training Fund into our higher education sector over the last five years 2020 to 2024. This initiative has been successful in boosting skills provision capacity and enhancing innovation and agility within our higher education system over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Placements for health and social care programmes are arranged at the level of each individual Higher Education Institution as part of their programme offering, to be delivered in conjunction with relevant clinical placement providers. Placement hours are a requirement of the regulator to meet the standards of professional capability necessary to practice in a regulated profession. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The information requested by the Deputy is publicly available and is published on the Houses of the Oireachtas website. Please see the following link which related to the Research and Innovation Act 2024:

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The Secretary General of my Department is paid on the Secretary General Level III (PPC) salary scale. This is in accordance with the relevant salary scales set out by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. Any future changes will be in line with the pay adjustments set out under the Public Sector Agreement 2024-2026.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Green Skills are crucial for achieving the ambitious climate targets outlined in the Government's Climate Action Plan and for facilitating the Green Transition. These skills encompass everything from developing transferable green skills for everyday life to meeting the specific requirements of emerging green sectors, such as electric vehicles (EVs). Given the new and emerging technologies...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: My Department has not incurred any expenditure for the provision of external IT services in the period covered by the Deputy's question. Under a Memorandum of Understanding, the Department of Education manages the provision of all IT support and infrastructure systems for my Department. My Department does not hold the information requested by the Deputy as the management and accounting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I refer to your query requesting the number of apprentice training course offers that have not been accepted due to the distances between the offered training course and the apprentice’s residence, for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. This information is not available as the underpinning reason for a rescheduling request is not tracked by SOLAS/ National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 725 and 726 together. Apprenticeships are national programmes. As far as possible, SOLAS schedule an apprentice's off-the-job training to the nearest available training location relative to their home location. If a placement is not available near an apprentice’s home location, they will be called to the next nearest available location. Between 6...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The Minister of State for Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has yet to be appointed. On appointment of the Minister of State, their title with associated roles and responsibilities will be reviewed and agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising the issue of Radiation Therapy education programmes. Officials in my Department have been engaging with officials in the Department of Health and both providers, Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork, to support expansion of places on both programmes. The delivery of these programmes is complex and requires suitably qualified staff and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: BIMM Music Institute Dublin is a private provider of education and training. As such, the Institute does not come under the governance structures or statutory remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. It is noted that BIMM is engaged in collaborative provision with Technological University (TU) Dublin to deliver a small number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question. The National Gender Equality Dashboard for Higher Education Institutions was developed by Maynooth University's All-Island Research Observatory, and using the Higher Education Authority's Higher Education Institutional Staff Profiles by Gender data, to provide interactive visualisations. The work on the Dashboard was not funded directly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: My Department has disbursed circa €216.27m in capital funding to the Technological University Sector since its inception under a number of capital programmes including the Higher Education Strategic and Infrastructural Fund (HESIF), the Infrastructure and Refurbishment Fund (IURF), the Energy Efficiency Decarbonisation Pathway Programme (EEDPP), the Devolved Capital Grant, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are autonomous bodies as set out in legislation and are funded in a variety of ways including state grants, competitive funding, tuition fees, and commercial/private income streams. The provision of Higher Education funding on an annual basis is part of overall expenditure management and budgetary policy for Government. Investment in Higher Education is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (6 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: My Department does not provide any funding on artificial intelligence (AI) systems or research and does not conduct any programs or operations using AI tools. As part of a Memorandum of Understanding, my Department is provided with shared services by the Department of Education’s IT Unit, who provide all support, infrastructure and direction on technology usage directly to my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (6 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: A new Student Accommodation Strategy is in development following approval of the long-term policy in January 2024. The Strategy aims to increase supply of state supported student accommodation, reduce the cost of delivery through development of standardised design guidance, promote efficient use of existing building stock through refurbishment and an examination of vacancy, while supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The provision of qualified graduates in Therapy disciplines is a priority for my Department. The delivery of healthcare programmes is complex and requires multiple parts of the health and education systems working together. .Practice education placements are essential to support clinical skills development and the application of theory to patient care and attainment of regulatory required...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (6 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 272 together. The information requested by the Deputy is not currently available. The latest figure on the ratio of students to teaching staff in higher education published by the OECD indicates a ratio of 23:1. However this data is from 2021, and staffing levels in the higher education sector have been increased significantly in the intervening...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (6 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The information in relation to this question is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.