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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)
James Lawless: Investment in the apprenticeship system has been significant since the formation of my Department in 2020. To ensure an adequate pipeline of skilled apprentices to support Government targets on housing and infrastructure development, Government invested €77 million in the apprenticeship system in Budget 2025, bringing the total current budget for apprenticeship to €339 million....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)
James Lawless: When craft apprentices attend “off-the-job” training in Education and Training Board or Higher Education facilities they receive a fortnightly State-paid training allowance. This is not a wage and there is no contract of employment between SOLAS and the apprentice. Neither SOLAS nor my Department are involved in the setting of wages for craftspersons or apprentices....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)
James Lawless: Government has demonstrated a strong and sustained commitment to apprenticeships. Since the formation of Department of Further and Higher Education Innovation Research and Science, and the publication of the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025, investment in apprenticeship training has increased by 85%, from €184 million in 2020 to €339 million in 2025 This investment...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (8 Jul 2025)
James Lawless: My Department has made significant progress regarding the range of supports and programmes for learners with disabilities, including neurodivergent people, to assist students with disabilities in their transition from secondary to third level education, particularly in areas such as academic supports, accessibility, accommodation, and mental health services. The Programme for Access to...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2025)
James Lawless: I thank the Deputy for his question. Louth Meath ETB (LMETB) is currently being supported by SOLAS in developing its Preliminary Business Case (PBC) proposal for Dunboyne under the FET College of the Future Major Projects fund. The proposal submitted by LMETB involves the construction of a new, fit-for-purpose facility on a greenfield site in Dunboyne. This new facility is intended to...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Jul 2025)
James Lawless: 695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide comparative data between the number of cattle that fail the bovine TB skin test and the number of cattle subsequently confirmed to have TB lesions at slaughter; if he will review current testing methodologies for accuracy in light of these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37145/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Jul 2025)
James Lawless: 696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of animals slaughtered with TB actually have TB; if he will review current testing methodologies for accuracy in light of these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37146/25]