Results 321-340 of 5,794 for speaker:James Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (25 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: As the Deputy is aware, in March 2024, SIPTU and TUI, the unions representing tutors, agreed to a proposal to formally establish a new grade of adult educator with a standardised pay scale aligned with the Youthreach Resource Person grade. This scale has 13 points and two Long Service Increments. This proposal allows for incremental progression and a career path for tutors in the further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (25 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: My officials intend to publish the Ministerial briefing material that was prepared in the coming days. This will be made publicly available on my Department's website and on www.gov.ie. My Department has not made any Delegation Orders for the Minister of State. All delegation Orders are publicly available on www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (25 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent student (i.e. assessed without reference to parental income and address) if they have attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Providing additional places on programmes of acute skills shortage, including radiation therapy, is a priority for my Department. Officials have been engaging with colleagues in the Department of Health, HSE and HEA to expand current provision in Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork. Placement hours are a requirement of the regulator to meet the standards of professional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (25 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: As the Deputy is aware, in March 2024, SIPTU and TUI, the unions representing tutors, agreed to a proposal to formally establish a new grade of adult educator with a standardised pay scale aligned with the Youthreach Resource Person grade. This scale has 13 points and two Long Service Increments. This proposal allows for incremental progression and a career path for tutors in the further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (25 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The higher education tuition fee payable by a student can vary depending on a variety of factors including the type of course and the student's access route. The assessment of a student’s application and the determination of the appropriate fee rate is a function of the higher education institution attended as an autonomous body. Typically, two rates of fee, an EU Rate of Fee or a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The information that the Deputy has requested is not readily available, my officials have been in contact with the Deputy's Staff for clarification on his question.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 842 of 22 January 2025, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (19 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: 186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the accommodation recognition payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Providing additional places on programmes of acute skills shortage, including radiation therapy, is a priority for my Department. Officials have been engaging with colleagues in the Department of Health, HSE and HEA to expand current provision in Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork. Placement hours are a requirement of the regulator to meet the standards of professional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (19 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The information in relation to PQ 6522/25 is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: Normal craft apprenticeship progression requires a minimum of 6 months of on the job Phase 3 training. Once the apprentice has successfully completed Phase 3 training they are eligible to enter the Phase 4 national waiting list where the National Apprenticeship Office can call an apprentice to the next available Phase 4 training place. Phase 4 training is scheduled in the academic year. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: The Minister has held no such meetings with any third parties on the potential of providing third-level courses in either new-build or expansion of current providers via satellite venues or similar in Mullingar or elsewhere in the country.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Flexible Work Practices (19 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: As per our current blended working policy, staff in my Department typically work onsite a minimum of two days per week subject to business needs. There are no planned changes to blended working arrangements at present. The Department will be undertaking an evaluation of blended working arrangements this year and will engage with all staff on the process and the outcomes.

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,...

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

James Lawless: The staff employed by BIMM Music Institute Dublin are private employees, and any industrial relations arising between the Institute and its staff are matters for the Institute. However, all parties are encouraged to engage constructively and to avail of all dispute resolution options open to them in order to secure a resolution to the matters arising.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: In 2024, there were 9,352 registrations across all apprenticeship programmes. This was a record number of registrations and a 7% increase on 2023 which had 8,712 registrations. The number of new apprenticeship registrations, by type, in each of the years 2023 and 2024, is provided in in tabular form below. Apprentice Registrations (End of December 2023) Total for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Feb 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 849, 850 and 851 together. When an employer hires and apprentice, they register the apprentice with the Training Advisor at the education institution in their region. A registration number is then generated and the apprenticeship is deemed to have commenced. There is no admittance process for the apprentice and therefore no wait time to be admitted onto an...