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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The information sought by the Deputy in regard to the cleaning services, service officers and security officer roles provided by private companies is set out in the table below. Outsourced cleaning services Value of contract Length of contract Contract A €752,000(Ex Vat) 3 Years ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The information sought by the Deputy in regard to directly employed cleaners and service officers is set out in the below table. - Number of staff Value of contract Length of contract Directly Employed Cleaners 0 N/A N/A Directly Employed Service Officers 2 As per Forsa Payscale ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (5 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The mileage expenses for Minister of State Niall Collins have been published, please see the link below. Link is as follows: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/fc035-ministerial-tra vel-expenses/ The Minister of State had two civilian drivers in 2023 and 2024. The annual cost of overnight allowances is set out in the tables below. Annual cost of overnight allowances related to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Table 1 sets out the composition of the staff in both the private office and constituency office of Minister Lawless as at 4th February 2025. The private office to Minister Lawless is comprised of seven staff while the constituency office is comprised of one staff whose salary is paid by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The Private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: This year my Department has secured funding of €2.85 million to start a pilot project to identify the most impactful interventions and supports for students with disabilities. This will inform the process of developing a policy framework on the design and implementation of more flexible, responsive and tailored model of supports, services and work experience opportunities for students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Ireland will take up the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2026. This presents a real opportunity to promote Ireland’s own initiatives and to lead the European education, skills, research, innovation and science agendas. Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union in 2026 will include the negotiations on key policy instruments such as Erasmus...

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.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: This is my first opportunity to address the House since my appointment to this very important brief. It is an honour to hold it and I look forward to working on the sector with the Deputies opposite and all Deputies of the House. I acknowledge that Deputy Boyd Barrett has an interest in the area of higher education, innovation and research, the pursuit of curiosity and the pursuit of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I absolutely share the Deputies' frustration. Deputy Coppinger called for me to make a statement but I have made statements, as she will see if she listens back to what I have said and looks at the Official Report. I have shared the Deputies' concerns-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: -----and expressed serious concerns for the position of the staff and students. I am not happy about what is obtaining; let us be clear about that. There are limits, and the Deputies are well acquainted and familiar with the industrial relations machinery and how these disputes work. When a private entity is in a dispute with staff, there are very few levers a Minister can deploy. Deputy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The realistic powers that may be available to any Minister to intervene in an industrial relations dispute involving a private company are limited, but that is exactly what the industrial relations machinery of the State is there for. Having said that, I had a look at the BIMM website and went through some documentation that is publicly available, and there is something the college calls...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The list of the companies was in English, was it not?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The REITs were in English.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (11 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: 627. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding IVF programme changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4286/25]