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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: Between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, 0.25% of my department's Twitter posts were exclusively in Irish; none of the posts on the department's other social media accounts were in Irish. None of my department's social media posts for the period feature bilingual translations. The information in respect of the state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: None of my department's social media posts between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022 were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish, and none featured languages besides English or Irish. The information in respect of the state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department.  Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: The percentages of social media videos posted on my department's social media accounts between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, which included closed captioning or subtitling are as follows: % Twitter 86.2% Linkedin 87.5% Facebook 88.5% Instagram 83.3% TikTok ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department has received correspondence from the student detailed and my officials have already been in contact on the question of continuing to access education in Ireland.  Once I was alerted to the situation regarding Irish citizens studying medicine in the Ukraine, officials from my Department met with the Deans of the Medical Schools in Ireland on a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 608, 609 and 610 together. The costs incurred by a Higher Education Institution in increasing student places on a particular course can vary depending on a variety factors including the type of course and the individual circumstances of the relevant Higher Education Institution. It is therefore not possible to definitively calculate the costs sought. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: Significant progress has been made regarding the Framework for Consent in Higher Education since it was first launched in 2019. The Framework aims to ensure the creation of an institutional campus culture which is safe, respectful and supportive. In 2019, the Higher Education Authority (HEA) awarded €350,000 in performance funding in recognition of the impact of the programme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department and the bodies under its aegis have not awarded any contracts outside the standard procurement process to assist with the arrival of displaced persons arriving from the Ukraine.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: The Department does not employ any external person or firm to deal with public relations. There has not been any spending by the Department on public relations.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: It is my Department's policy intention that, over a number of years, additional annual core funding of €307million will be prioritised through the Estimates process in order to deliver on the increased level of funding identified in this framework, while taking account of the Government’s budgetary and fiscal stance.  It should be noted that the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department is considering how a borrowing framework for technological universities (TUs) might be developed in the first instance for the provision of student accommodation. The impacts, risks and responsibilities arising from such borrowing are key considerations in this context. In addition to accessing borrowing on commercially viable and appropriate terms such as  would not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Reform (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: On the 4th of May I launched Funding the Future – a landmark policy on the future of higher education. The policy sets out the vision and direction of higher education funding, our commitment to addressing legacy issues in higher education and detailing our ambitious plans for investment and reform. Funding the Future was created as part of a Department of Further and Higher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Reform (10 May 2022)

Simon Harris: On the 4thof May I launched Funding the Future – a landmark policy on the future of higher education. Funding the Future, which was approved for publication by Government, settles the question on funding Higher Education. The Government has decided that income contingent loans for fees will not form part of the future funding model. Instead, the Government is committing to a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pharmacy Services (5 May 2022)

Simon Harris: The Programme for Government commits the Department of Health to working with the education sectors, regulators, and professional bodies to improve the availability of health professionals and reform their training to support integrated care across the entire health service.  My Department is strongly committed to supporting the health of the population through the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 May 2022)

Simon Harris: The Programme for Government commits the Department of Health to working with the education sectors, regulators, and professional bodies to improve the availability of health professionals and reform their training to support integrated care across the entire health service.  My Department is strongly committed to supporting the health of the population through the provision of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Simon Harris: I thank the Chair for the invitation. It is good the committee will be hearing from me and then directly afterwards from the USI, IUA and THEA because my experience of working on these issues around gender equality has very much been one of partnership right across the sector. I hope we can begin to knit together a full picture and range of views on these important issues. Before I begin I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Simon Harris: I fully agree with Deputy Cannon. I realise he knows about this matter from his time in what was the Department of Education and Skills, his work on CoderDojo and his interest in this whole area. I could list out all we are doing at third level, as I did in my opening statement, but the Deputy is entirely correct that these decisions are made by young girls long before they get to third...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Clarke. I will get her Twitch in a minute. I find myself in agreement with much of what she has said. On the issue of lone parents, while I do not need to mansplain this in any way to the Deputy, she is right that we have made progress. That is a statement of fact. In truth, there are now more people from diverse and different backgrounds entering higher education. The...