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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: By way of background, in 2024, the new grade of adult educator was established, in agreement with SIPTU and TUI. This followed many years of work by my Department, with the Department of Education, the Department of Public Expenditure, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), and SIPTU and TUI. This grade was established in response to a claim by tutors and the subsequent Labour...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: Supporting learners with disabilities is a key priority for this Government and my Department. A Disability Demonstration Project is being developed to help shape a more flexible, responsive, and tailored model of support for students with disabilities throughout their educational journey. This initiative is closely aligned with the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1396 and 1398 together. My Department works in close collaboration with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Education and Training Boards (ETBs) on the planning and development of capital projects. These projects are aligned with the institutions established master plans and strategic priorities. Under the National Development Plan, capital investment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: The FET College of the Future Major Projects Fund was launched in February 2022 to address existing deficits in FET infrastructure, to support projects that drive reform of the FET sector and to facilitate consolidation and integration of further education and training. A total of twelve projects were successful at the first stage of the assessment process and these moved to the next stage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: My department has been advised by the National Apprenticeship Office (NAO) that there are some 31 new apprenticeship programmes at various stages of development. There are ten steps in developing a national apprenticeship, from research and formulating the outline proposal (Step 1), to creating an industrial training order (which is a statutory instrument designating an industrial activity...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: As of September 2025, Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) offers training for the following apprenticeship programmes in Co. Louth:Carpentry & Joinery (Regional Skills and Training Centre (RSTC), Dundalk)Electrical (RSTC, Drogheda College and Advanced Manufacturing and Training Centre of Excellence [AMTCE], Apprenticeship centre, Dundalk)Hairdressing (RSTC)Metal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: The Government is committed to improving access to training for apprentices. In 2021, the National Apprenticeship Office (NAO) was set up as a dedicated body to promote and raise the profile of apprenticeships among prospective learners. Progress to date includes the inclusion of apprenticeship options on the CAO website and the launch of the NAO Freephone Advice Helpline, which is a...

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

James Lawless: Through ongoing engagement between SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards (ETBs), a funding pressure was identified for the 2025 apprenticeship budget. Since then, my Department and SOLAS have been working to develop a plan to provide a sustainable solution to this with the least impact possible on existing apprentices. Demand for craft apprenticeships has grown significantly,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: Thank you, Deputy, for this question. The Deputy is aware that after many years of work, through established industrial relations 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 grade of Adult Educator was established in April 2024. This grade was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: The Department’s purchase orders over €20,000 report can be found at the following link Payments for goods and services over €20 thousand. The figures for Quarter 1 2025 are currently available. Quarter 2 is currently being finalised and will be published in the coming weeks. Quarter 3 figures will be published in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: The Department’s purchase orders for goods and services exceeding €20,000 reports can be found at this link: Payments for goods and services over €20 thousand. These reports were originally prepared in Excel and subsequently converted to PDF format to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the information is maintained.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: Currently the only Veterinary Medicine programme available is the programme in UCD which offers approximately 85 places per year through the CAO. The HEA commenced an expression of interest process, which included expanding provision in Veterinary Medicine, in October 2022. It was jointly announced in September 2024, by the then Minister for Further and Higher Education Research...

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

James Lawless: Research Ireland, which operates under the aegis of my Department, annually supports significant research in the broad research priority areas of Health and Well Being (connected health, medical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics) and basic Biomedical Sciences. All of these can underpin cancer research. Providing an accurate figure for research specifically focused on cancer research in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: I would like to thank the Deputy for highlighting this case. I wish to fully acknowledge the student's exceptional academic performance and the significant challenges they have overcome. However, Higher Education Institutions are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutions of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006 and the Technological Universities Act...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: International students make an important contribution to Ireland in terms of the social, cultural and academic diversity they bring to Ireland's higher education institutions. Nevertheless, it is a condition of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration's permission to study in Ireland that international students are able to demonstrate that they have sufficient resources to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: In 2021, 98 apprentices were registered for the Pipefitting apprenticeship programme. Table 1 provides a breakdown of their registration dates. Table 1: Pipefitting registrations in 2021 by month Month in 2021 registered Number of apprentices registered January 7 February 2 March 9 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: Higher Education Institutions are autonomous institutions responsible for their own academic affairs including the development of relevant curriculum, setting tuition fee rates, and student numbers on individual courses. The fee payable by a student can vary depending on a variety of factors including the type of course and the student's access route. The assessment of a student’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: I am acutely conscious of the financial challenges facing students and the need for the progressive implementation of measures to address costs as a barrier to education. I am committed to easing this burden for students and their families in a financially sustainable way. A once-off €1,000 reduction to this contribution has been provided for as part of cost-of-living packages for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: The Discover EU programme is under the remit of the Department of Education and Youth. Léargas is the National Agency with responsibility for the running of the programme. The Department of Education and Youth advised my Department that they promoted the Discover EU programme through a social media campaign and posted the advertisement across all the departmental channels. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

James Lawless: Craft apprentices are registered by their employers to the Education and Training Board (ETB) region in which the employer is located. This means the apprentice may not necessarily reside in or be originally from that region. For example, in the case of County Tipperary, apprentices are registered to Tipperary ETB (TETB) based on the employer’s location. Across 2024 and 2025,...

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