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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: The tertiary education system plays a central role in ensuring that our graduates from higher education, further education and training and from apprenticeship are equipped with the cognitive skills, the essential transversal skills, and the vocational and professional skills and competencies which will equip them for success in work and society. Against the backdrop of the accelerating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: Since last November I have secured Government approval in principle of up to €61m in funding to unlock the development of approximately 1,000 new and additional student accommodation beds across four universities. These projects are being progressed as immediate response measures to unlock supply of affordable accommodation in partnership with our University sector. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Industry (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: A key government priority is to ensure that we have world-leading skills in the economy to ensure a sustainable and equitable economy in the future. The construction sector is no exception. We recognise the changes in the sector and the response needed to support innovation in construction, and the need for targeted, collaborative and industry- focused opportunities available across all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: At the end of December 2023, there was a live population of 212 apprentices at Phase 7 of their programmes in the Cork Educational Training Board area. Further detail is provided by apprenticeship programme in the attached table.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: In response to a request from my Department, Irish Universities have reported the following collaborations with Israeli higher education institutions: - Trinity College Dublin - Erasmus agreements at School/Department level with the Hebrew University Jerusalem (partnership with Department of Near & Middle Eastern Studies) and Bar Ilan University (partnership with School of Religion,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet, the data was sourced from the HEA student records system and is rounded to the nearest 5.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: The Research and Innovation Bill was approved by Government for publication in December 2023. The Bill was published on the 8th of January. It is available from the Bills Office, or to view on the Oireachtas website, and on my Department's website. The Research and Innovation Bill will take Second Stage in the Dáil in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his question. The Deputy will be aware that Dublin Dun Laoghaire ETB (DDLETB) have been working with and supported by SOLAS in developing their preliminary business case proposal for Swords under the College of the Future Major Projects fund for the last number of months. The development of a robust Preliminary Business Case (PBC) is fundamental to the requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: An inclusive higher education system is a national and European priority. Supporting Inclusion is one of the six strategic goals set out in my Department’s Statement of Strategy. I have stated that it is a priority of mine to deliver a more equitable higher education system. At Higher Education level the new National Access Plan which was launched on 31st August 2022 aims to support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: Green skills are essential for achieving a low-carbon economy, and for maximising the social and economic benefits of the green transition. These skills are needed in key sectors including renewable energy and offshore wind, electric vehicles and nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB)/retrofit. In the area of offshore wind, my Department is working with key partners to identify skill...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: Lifelong Learning is key to leveraging the opportunities and challenges of an ever-changing world of work. This focus is underpinned by the OECD’s Skills Strategy Review published on 9 May 2023, and by our commitments on same. Under the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, we have defined our ambition of annual participation rate in Lifelong Learning of 64.2% of all adults...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: As of 16 January 2024, there is a total of 282 apprentices employed by public sector employers, 111 apprentices employed by Civil Service departments and 620 apprentices employed by semi-state employers. As such, there an overall total of 1,013 apprentices employed across the public sector, Civil Service and semi-state organisations combined. Among the public sector employers currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: An inclusive higher education system is a national and European priority. Inclusion is one of the six strategic goals set out in my Department’s Statement of Strategy and our National Access Plan identifies students with a disability including students with an intellectual disability as a group who are underrepresented in higher education. Since the launch of the plan I have taken a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: In July, 2023, Minister Donnelly and I announced over 400 additional permanent places across Health and Social Care Profession programmes from September 2023. This included five places on the Radiation Therapy programme in Trinity College Dublin I met with Deputy Burke and representatives from the Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork Radiation Therapy programme as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this question. The Deputy will be aware that Kerry ETB has been working with and supported by SOLAS in developing their preliminary business case proposal for Killarney under the College of the Future Major Projects fund for the last number of months. The development of a robust Preliminary Business Case (PBC) is fundamental to the requirements of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: In 2022, there were a total of 8,286 apprenticeship registrations. This compares to 8,712 registrations in 2023, an increase of 5%. The information is broken down in tabular form in the attached table.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: An inclusive higher education system is a national and European priority. Supporting Inclusion is one of the six strategic goals set out in my Department’s Statement of Strategy. At Higher Education level the new National Access Plan which was launched on 31st August 2022 aims to support inclusion and diversity in our student body, address the wider struggles and challenges for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: The University of Limerick (UL) is the only HEI in Limerick with on-campus accommodation of 2,934 beds. Mary Immaculate College (MIC), who are academically linked to UL provide an additional 136 Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) beds. For the current academic year an additional 83 PBSA beds have been delivered in Limerick. The latest data available from Building Information Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: The National Development Plan (NDP) published in 2021 provided clarity on Departmental capital ceilings for the period 2022 – 2025. A dedicated capital envelope was established for the Further Education and Training (FET) sector, amounting to €300m over the decade 2018-2027. Available funding has increased from €5.5 million in 2018 to €17.5 million in 2020 and a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this question. The Deputy will be aware that Cavan Monaghan ETB have been working with and supported by SOLAS in developing their preliminary business case proposal for Cavan Town under the College of the Future Major Projects fund for the last number of months. The development of a robust Preliminary Business Case (PBC) is fundamental to the requirements of the...