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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, under Section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner may provide and charge for police services, including for events on private property or in areas open to the public. Examples of the types of events for which police services may be provided under this section include sports fixtures, concerts, festivals and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I am informed by the Garda authorities that for operational security reasons they are unable to disclose details of vehicles assigned to and removed from the Garda Armed Support Unit. Therefore I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy. As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The person referred to by the Deputy submitted an application to renew their permission to remain in the State on the 26 April, 2023. Processing of this application is ongoing at present. As each application is examined under its own merits, I am unable to give an exact time-frame for completion. However, the person referred to can be assured that there will be no avoidable delay in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 forms a key part of Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy. Its main purpose is the formation of a new competitive research and funding agency, through the amalgamation of the functions and activities of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council. The Impact 2030strategy clearly sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The current position is that my Department and officials do not presently use ChatGPT or any other form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate official text. No meetings or risk assessments have yet been held regarding its use and no such software is installed on my official's devices.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, the cost of living response in Budget 2023 included, for the 2022/23 academic year, a once off reduction of €1,000 in the student contribution payable by free fees eligible undergraduate students. Separately I was pleased to secure Government agreement to the introduction of a permanent new rate of student contribution support through SUSI from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: There is no apprenticeship registration fee, for either employers or apprentices. There is a very substantial allocation of resources to apprenticeships, drawing on the funding raised through the Employer Training Levy into the National Training Fund. Calculating a cost-per-apprentice is a complex matter involving fixed costs, such as programme development costs, and variable costs per...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: Free fees, together with the recurrent grant, collectively constitute the State’s contribution to the ‘core’ funding of higher education institutions (HEIs), that is, the funding of the key missions of teaching, learning and research. These are allocated as a block grant by my Department to the HEA for direct disbursement to the designated HEIs and, together with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: Since it was established in August 2020, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has not undertaken any legislative reviews of the type referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: It is not true to say that the new competitive research funding agency, which the General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 will seek to establish, will be solely driven by enterprise and industrial initiatives and lead to under-investment in research other than research which may be deemed to have immediate commercial benefits. The General Scheme of the Research and Innovation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The Impact 2030strategy clearly sets out the Government’s ambition for Ireland to be a research and innovation leader. The objectives of that strategy include the promotion and support of excellence in research and innovation across alldisciplines, spanning fundamental research to applied research activity. Importantly, the strategy also highlights the importance of growing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill forms a key part of Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy. Its main purpose is the formation of a new competitive research funding agency through the amalgamation of the functions and activities of Science Foundation Ireland the Irish Research Council. This represents a significant opportunity for all of us to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to details of apprenticeships in each local authority area has been compiled for the latest full year of data available (2022) and is set out in the table. Employer Apprenticeship Apprentices Clare County Council Accounting Technician 4 Cork City...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (9 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The National Student Accommodation Strategy was launched in July 2017 and was designed to further support the development of purpose built student accommodation. At this point there were c. 33,000 student accommodation beds in the country. The strategy runs until 2024. It complements the initiatives to increase supply under Rebuilding Ireland. A total of 21,000 additional PBSA beds to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (4 May 2023)

Simon Harris: The Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 was enacted with the primary purposes of reforming the law relating to the ownership and management of common areas of multi-unit developments, and facilitating the fair, efficient and effective management of owners' management companies (OMCs). Well-functioning OMCs are key to maintaining and sustaining higher-density residential developments, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (4 May 2023)

Simon Harris: My Department has responsibility for immigration-related matters, including the entry and residence conditions of non-EEA students, who are granted a Stamp 2 immigration permission, and continually consults and engages with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, among other key sectoral...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (4 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195 and 196 together. As the Deputy notes, the position in regard to applications of this nature is set out in the Policy Document for Non-EEA Family Reunification,which is available on my Department's website. The policy, which was last amended in 2016, is currently under review. The policy document sets out the rationale for applying resource requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abuse (4 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I am informed that records indicate two allegations of child sexual abuse have been made in relation to the Probation Service. Both relate to alleged incidents in the 1970s by a former staff member who is now deceased. I am informed that when the first allegation came to the attention of the Probation Service, An Garda Síochána and relevant services were notified. The Probation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (4 May 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, there is very close and ongoing co-operation between An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on all aspects of policing. The Garda Commissioner and the Chief Constable of the PSNI, who are responsible for operational policing co-operation, have repeatedly emphasised that the close and high quality co-operation between...