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

James Lawless: The Electrical apprenticeship and the Instrumentation apprenticeship are both available as individual NFQ level 6 apprenticeships. The level 6 Electrical Instrumentation apprenticeship is not a dual apprenticeship but combines elements of the Electrical and the Instrumentation apprenticeships, developed specifically to suit the requirements of employers in industrial (factory) settings. ...

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

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 713 and 714 together. The EU Digital, Economic and Social Index (DESI) 2024 ranks Ireland 3rd of the EU’s 28 countries for ICT graduates, and 3rd on several key digital skills categories, including;at least basic digital skills,above basic digital skills, and;females with at least basic digital skills. The DESI also ranks Ireland 6th on the...

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: Education and Training Provision (12 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 297 together. As the Deputy is aware, Youthreach is designed to offer second-chance education to young people who are aged 16 to 20 and have either left school early or are at risk of not completing their formal education. It is designed to provide a more flexible, supportive, and alternative learning environment compared to post-primary schools,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Climate Action Plan (12 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: My Department was formed in August 2020. I attach details of the annual payment by my Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required under Circular 01/2020, broken down by trip in tabular form, for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. It should be noted that invoices are raised by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the year following the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (18 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: 511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (18 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: As the Deputy is aware, the trade unions representing the tutors in the Further Education and Training sector accepted a proposal to formally establish a grade of Adult Educator with a standardised pay scale in April 2024 following negotiations between my Department, the Department of Education, and the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and the unions. This new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: To be eligible for a student grant, an applicant has to fulfil all of the criteria of the Student Grant Scheme, including the residency and nationality criteria. The scheme has a statutory underpinning and is operated in accordance with the provisions of the Student Support Act 2011. In terms of residency, a student must be ordinarily resident in Ireland or the EU, the EEA,...