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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I can confirm that my Department has no contract with the aforementioned company.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: It is anticipated that the next meeting of the inter-departmental working group will happen in April. The group provides a forum for engagement between relevant Departments on matters related to student accommodation. The new Student Accommodation Strategy is due for publication in 2025.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Planning is a regulated profession under the terms of Directive 2005/36 and the regulator in Ireland is the Irish Planning Institute (IPI). Five programmes are accredited by this regulator in Irish universities. The data attached was sourced from the Student Records System database of the Higher Education Authority. Student numbers are rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Currently, there are 15,532 public purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) beds nationally. The following is the public PBSA breakdown for UCD, UCC and UL. Higher Education Institution Public PBSA Beds UCD 4,187 UCC 1,534 ULMIC 2,934146

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

James Lawless: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information he has requested concerning the members of the technical university boards is not available in my Department. Officials are currently arranging for the compilation of the information sought and it will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. I would note that information on the members of the governing boards is available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Expenses claimed by all special advisors were in compliance with the DPENDER circulars and were in accordance with Civil Service procedures. The table below provides details of the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in my Department from 1 March 2020 to date in 2025. Minister Harris was in place from January 2020 - 08th April 2024. Minister O’Donovan was in place from 09th...

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

James Lawless: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to eligible students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. In relation to support available for students studying abroad, the Student Grant Scheme provides...

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

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1918, 1926, 1930 and 1931 together. Craft apprentices are employees and are paid directly by their employer during the “on-the-job” training phases of their apprenticeship. Craft apprentice gross wage norms differ for different sectors, are set through collective bargaining, and may be underpinned by sectoral employment orders. When craft...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Extensive engagement with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Student Unions, and students on student accommodation has been undertaken through various channels. These include, stakeholder engagement as part of the standardised design study, the HEA Student Survey in 2023 and 2024 and Departmental events, including the Cost of Education event in 2024. In addition, members of the USI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1920 and 1921 together. The North South Research Programme (NSRP) is a collaborative scheme to promote all-island research activities which is funded under the Government’s Shared Island initiative. It is delivered by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of my Department. Research projects from across all disciplines are funded through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: The information in relation to the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025 is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: The information in relation to identifying, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: The information in relation to confirming that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: The information in relation to confirming that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

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

James Lawless: My Department disbursed €4.24m in capital funding between Carlow and Waterford ITs between 2021 and 30th April 2022. On foot of the establishment of SETU (Carlow and Waterford Campuses) from 1st May 2022, over €27m has been disbursed to the Technological University in question. Details of the amounts disbursed on an annual basis since 2021 are provided in the attached table.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: In September 2024, Kilkenny Carlow Education and Training Board (ETB) submitted a Preliminary Business Case proposal for Kilkenny city under the FET College of the Future Major Projects fund. The Approval Gate 1 assessment of the application, which determines whether "approval in principle" will be granted or not, was undertaken by the Evaluation Panel on the 16th of September 2024. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: Firstly, I wish to thank the Deputy for his suggestion in relation to the development of a centre of excellence for marine and airborne field robotics. As the Deputy may be aware, the MaREI Research Ireland Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine based in UCC is already conducting important work in this area. One of the aims of the Research Centre Programme operated by Research Ireland is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: The detailed information that the Deputy is seeking is not readily available. My Department is currently collecting and collating the data required which will be provided to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: My Department is currently considering potential use cases for the adoption of AI in its work, and a working group has been established to progress this. Limited circumstances in which AI is currently used include summarising text and workshop structuring. All text is reviewed and verified by a human. There are no AI systems in place that processes citizens' information. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (6 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: 370. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the issue of childcare shortages (details supplied); her plans to resolve this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10363/25]