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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I thank Deputy Farrell for acknowledging the work that is ongoing. This is a cross-party issue; I do not believe it is a political issue at all. I appreciate her approach to this and I share and reciprocate that. There are several plans in place, which we have spoken about. Some of those are due to expire in the next year or two but they are typically incremental and we continue to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I thank both Deputies for raising this very important issue. I am glad to have the opportunity to address the House on the matter. I am aware of the media reports being referred to by the Deputies. I am extremely concerned about the issue itself and about the wider issue it spotlights, that of women’s safety on university campuses. This is a matter of critical importance. As I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has recently received a tender report for the works at the facility in question. Department officials are currently reviewing the report with the intention of reverting, via SOLAS, to the relevant Education and Training Board as soon as possible. The timeframe for delivery of works will be established once a contractor is approved for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: As the Deputy will be aware Marino Institute of Education and the National College of Ireland are private higher education institutions. Private institutions play an important role in the overall higher education landscape. These institutions may be in receipt of some limited funding from the State for certain courses that are approved for funding under specific initiatives. These include...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department operates a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Education for Data Governance and Strategy. As such it is agreed that the Data Protection officer for the Department of Education is also the Data Protection officer for my Department. My Department is committed to the highest standards of data protection compliance and engages with the Data Protection Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Our higher education system plays an important role in supporting and promoting the use of the Irish language. This will undoubtedly support efforts to increase the use of Irish in the public sector workforce. The Higher Education Authority Act 2022 highlights the importance of the Irish language by placing a responsibility on the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to ensure that higher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weather Events (26 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department has not been provided with any additional funding due to Storm Éowyn at this point in time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Leader's Questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: It is your friends' fault.

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

James Lawless: I have asked my officials to pursue this with their Welsh counterparts and I will revert to you separately in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 873 and 874 together. Ireland joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 2018 following a Government commitment to initiate discussions with four international research organisations – the ESO, LOFAR, ELIXIR and CERN. Ireland has joined three of these organisations and is finalising an Associate Membership Agreement with CERN. A National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: A key pillar of this department's Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 focusses on ensuring that the apprenticeship population more closely reflects the profile of the general population, which includes improving gender balance. As part of the implementation of the Action Plan for Apprenticeship, a €2,666 grant was made available to employers from January 2022 of any national...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question, and the opportunity to inform the House about the work my Department is undertaking with sectoral partners to advance the use of modern methods of construction, or MMC. Greater adoption of MMC, an umbrella term for a range of innovative construction processes, is a key pillar of the Government’s approach to increasing innovation and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: With regard to the particular project which the Deputy has referred to, this is not an area in which my Department has a role. The University of Galway is an autonomous institution within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997. Under this legislation, it is academically and administratively independent and is entitled to regulate its own affairs and administrative processes. As such, as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department oversees two bodies which have independent decision-making responsibilities. Below, is a list of the two bodies under my Department's remit which are quasi-judicial in nature:Student Grant Appeals Board - This is an independent appeals board created under the Student Support Act, 2011.The Higher Education Authority - This is a quasi-judicial decision making body for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: SOLAS has investigated this matter and advised that an IT system blockage has resulted in issues with the release of results for apprentices within one specific group. SOLAS advise that it is prioritising the removal of this system blockage and anticipates a release of results for all affected apprentices by the end of March.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: The Minister did not visit the University of Delhi during his recent visit to India.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 881 and 883 together. Our higher education system plays an important role in supporting and promoting the use of the Irish language. The Higher Education Authority Act 2022 highlights the importance of Irish by placing a responsibility on the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to ensure that higher education institutions (HEIs) promote and use the language....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department has had no dealings to date with Coleg Cymraeg.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Media (25 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: It is the policy of my department to include closed captioning on videos. All videos posted on the Department's social media accounts from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 are captioned. None include ISL interpretation. 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...