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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (9 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: The Deputy will be aware that the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (the Act) was enacted on 24th December 2017 and commenced on 23rd December 2020. The Act recognises the right of Irish Sign Language (ISL) users to use ISL as their native language, and to develop and preserve it. The Act places a statutory duty on all public bodies to provide ISL users with free interpretation when availing of or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: My officials are liaising with Kerry ETB and I will follow up with the Minister in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: The Central Applications Office (CAO) is a not-for-profit company created by the Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It processes applications for undergraduate, and some postgraduate, courses on the behalf of HEIs. Neither I nor my Department have a role in the operation of the CAO, and queries on points ascribed to Leaving Certificate results are a matter for the CAO and HEIs. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: The administration of the visa policy is a matter for the Department of Justice, and I would advise that this matter be taken up with my colleague, the Minister for Justice.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: My officials were in contact with the Deputy’s Staff who stated that they were going to withdraw this question and re-consider.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 436 together. My officials are currently considering potential application and adoption of AI in its work. An internal working group has been established to progress and consider the potential future beneficial use of AI. Limited circumstances in which AI is currently used include summarising text and workshop structuring. All text is reviewed and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 435 together. CeADAR is the National Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence and the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) for AI in Ireland. CeADAR has more than 90 member companies ranging from multinationals to indigenous SMEs spanning every industry vertical. The primary work of the Centre is on cutting-edge applied AI innovation and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 437 and 440 together. My Department is currently considering potential use cases for the adoption of AI in its work, and a working group has been established to progress this. Limited circumstances in which AI is currently used include summarising text and workshop structuring. All text is reviewed and verified by a human. There are no AI systems in place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: The information that the Deputy has requested is not readily available, my staff are currently collecting and collating this information and I will come back to you as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (10 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: The information that the Deputy has requested is not readily available, my staff are currently collecting and collating this information and I will come back to you as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: I understand that the Leaving Certificate can be a stressful time for students and their families. This includes the decisions for students in determining their pathways into work or continued education through the Further Education and Training or Higher Education systems. My Department has been working tirelessly with the higher education and further education sectors to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post Leaving Certificate Courses (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1052 and 1053 together. My officials are liaising with SOLAS to prepare a response for the Deputy and I will follow up separately with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: I understand that the Leaving Certificate can be a stressful time for students and their families. This includes the decisions for students in determining their pathways into work or continued education through the Further Education and Training or Higher Education systems. My Department has been working tirelessly with the higher education and further education sectors to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: The Deputy refers to a " voluntary licensee register", however no such register exists for Student Accommodation. My staff have been in contact with the Deputy to clarify the request and are awaiting her response.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: The Deputy refers to a " voluntary licensee register", however no such register exists for Student Accommodation. My staff have been in contact with the Deputy to clarify the request and are awaiting her response.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: Under the Free Fees Initiative the State provides funding towards the tuition fee costs of eligible undergraduate Higher Education students exclusive of the student contribution. The State pays the student contribution (in full or part) on behalf of students who qualify under the student grant scheme. The student contribution was introduced in the 2011/12 academic year. The student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: Further and Higher Education Sector capital projects costs would be a matter for the respective education institution as the direct management of the vast majority of capital projects (with the exception of the PPP programmes) lie with the institutions delivering those projects. Many of the projects are co-funded by this Department, other Government Departments and Agencies and the institutes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: As far as possible, apprentices are scheduled to the nearest available training location relative to their home location on the day of scheduling. However, as apprenticeship is a national programme not all programmes can be made available in every location. Apprentices are informed at registration that this may necessitate the requirement to travel to other counties. All craft programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: Please see attached table outlining the current 2025 budgetary allocations (across both the Vote 45 and National Training Fund) to each of the higher education and research bodies as requested. Allocations were agreed as part of the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2025 which was published in December 2024. Please note that the detailed budgetary allocations requested by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (8 Apr 2025)

James Lawless: There are 28 vacancies for Higher Executive Officer and above in my Department as on the 31st March 2025. Once a role becomes vacant, or a new post is created, the Department aims to fill the post as soon as possible using one of the available recruitment methods. Of the posts listed below, it is anticipated that approximately 70% of these will be filled by the end of 2025 subject to panel...