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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Industry (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to set out some of the main actions led by my Department to help alleviate constraints that inevitably arise in meeting labour demand in a full employment economy. A key priority is to equip the current workforce and those entering it with the skills required to deliver national priorities for residential construction and retrofitting, and delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1721 and 1728 together. My Department and officials do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate official text. My Department will continue to monitor developments in relation to AI, in particular with regard to potential applications that may be identified by other Government Departments and whether specific training is appropriate. The information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) assists Member States to provide active labour market supports to workers made redundant in major restructuring events. The EGF does not provide supports directly to workers. Instead, it co-funds active labour market supports that Member States offer. Under the EGF rules, in general, Member States may apply for EGF...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) assists Member States to provide active labour market supports to workers made redundant in major restructuring events. The EGF does not provide supports directly to workers. Instead, it co-funds active labour market supports that Member States offer. Under the EGF rules, in general, Member States may apply for EGF...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: A Pilot Support Scheme was introduced in 2015, for prospective students who are in the broad international protection system. It provides supports to students who are pursuing an approved course in an approved college. It offers grant support along similar lines to the current Student Grant Scheme (the SUSI scheme) to eligible applicants who are in the protection system and who are either:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In October 2022, an independent and comprehensive National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers was announced; the first time that this issue has been considered holistically in this manner. The first report of the Co-Chairs, Dr Andrea Johnson and Mr David Cagney, was published in summer 2023. In it they recommended an increase towards an optimum PhD stipend level of €25,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy may be aware, the objective of the statutory based student grant scheme is to provide additional assistance where parental income is below a certain threshold or, in the case of independent mature students, where the level of income of the student and his or her spouse warrants additional assistance by way of a grant. For student grants purposes, students are categorised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Staff of my Department are accommodated in premises in St.Stephen's Green. They are also in Marlborough Street and Tullamore on a shared basis with other Departments and Offices. The full address and Eircode can be found below: Address Eircode 52 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 D02 DR67 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 D01 RC96 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Travel (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The details sought by the Deputy are as follows: Year Minister & Accompanying official Purpose/visit Flights Hotel Transfers and other Miscellaneous costs 2023 Saint Patrick's Day visit San Francisco/Vancouver March 2023 Minister Harris San...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy may be aware, the objective of the statutory based student grant scheme is to provide additional assistance where parental income is below a certain threshold or, in the case of independent mature students, where the level of income of the student and his or her spouse warrants additional assistance by way of a grant. For student grants purposes, students are categorised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In October 2022, an independent and comprehensive National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers was announced; the first time that this issue has been considered holistically in this manner. The first report of the Co-Chairs, Dr Andrea Johnson and Mr David Cagney, was published in summer 2023. In it they recommended an increase towards an optimum PhD stipend level of €25,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: A new Student Accommodation Strategy is in development following Government 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Apprentices are primarily employees and all 77 apprenticeship programmes currently available are undertaken under a contract of employment. For the majority of apprenticeships, the rate of pay is agreed between the apprentice and the employer, with the employer paying the apprentice during both on-the-job and off-the-job training elements. The Government is seeking to boost the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The information in relation to details of any public contracts in the Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available. The Deputy's office has been contacted to confirm the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (22 Jan 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can confirm that my Department has had no contract with any of the aforementioned companies.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In 2024, the Department approved one application to extend an officer's special leave to work in translation services in the EU. No applications from officers were refused in respect special leave, careers breaks to civil servants and/or their spouses to take up temporary posts in EU institutions during 2024. My Department supports the Government initiative "A Career for EU”,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (5 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 530 and 532 together. The recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee's report on 'The Development of Local and Community Arts' broadly align in many instances with policies and programmes in place in my Department in relation to areas such as local arts infrastructure, disability, and arts and health. These are also reflected in the newly agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (5 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Stream E of the Cultural Capital Scheme opened for applications on 14 June 2023. Since then, 23 grantees were awarded funding of over €640k up to the end of 2024. A full list of all payments for 2023 under this Scheme can be found at www.gov.ie/en/publication/b1eab-creative-arts-grants-and-fun ding-previous-schemes/#cultural-development-expenditure. All capital expenditure for 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (5 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the report published by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media notes, disinformation is a complex issue and thus the recommendations cover a wide range of relevant matters such as online safety, regulation of platforms, media plurality and media literacy. In terms of my Department's response to disinformation, the Future of Media Commission (FOMC, July 2022)...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (5 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Many of the recommendations of the ‘Future business model plans and long-term vision for the media sector’ report, published by the Joint Oireachtas Committee (JOC) on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media of the 33rd Dáil Éireann, reflect actions being taken by my Department or measures which will be delivered as part of the Programme for Government 2025. In...