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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Apprenticeship Employer Grant provides financial support from the State to apprenticeship employers who employ apprentices on one of the 52 consortia-led apprenticeships which have been established since 2016. The grant is funded through the National Training Fund and came into effect on the 1st of January, 2022. Apprenticeship employers are eligible to receive a €2,000 grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Enterprise Sector (17 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The attached excel file contains the details of all social enterprise organisations that have been funded by my Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous institutions responsible for their own academic affairs including the curriculum and student numbers on individual courses. The costs incurred by a HEI in increasing student places on a particular course or establishing an additional course can vary depending on a variety factors including the type of course and the individual circumstances...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: With reference to PQ 41545/24 which is believed to relate to the same matter. For the 25 craft apprenticeship programmes including for the motor mechanic programme, the sectoral gross wage norms are either agreed within the relevant sector through collective bargaining agreements, or are set out in legally binding Sectoral Employment Orders recommended by the Labour Court. Periods of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Please see below in tabular form the number of data breaches that occurred in my department since its establishment in 2020 and to date in 2024, and the numbers which were reported to the Data Protection Commission (the remainder were deemed to be of no risk due to their nature and therefore were not required to be reported to the DPC). Year No. of Breaches No. of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: For student grants 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 mature student if he or she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved course or of re-entry following a break in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department has not sought external public relations assistance at any time since it's establishment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Attached is a report which reflects expenditure on consultancy fees, as recorded by my Department's Finance Unit, since the establishment of the Department in 2020 and up to 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Below is the advertising spend by my Department since it's establishment broken down by traditional and online. Year Traditional(Press Radio and Outdoor) Online Total Advertising Spend 2021 63,357.74 20,728.92 €84,088.65 2022 42,208.24 11,252.41 €53,460.65 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (16 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can clarify for the Deputy that no legal cases have been taken against my Department in 2024. This follows a similar response to a Parliamentary Question earlier in 2024 when the number for 2024 was zero. The number of cases taken against my Department over previous years is outlined in the table below. The Chief State Solicitor's Office, as Government solicitor, absorbs the costs of...