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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: My Department is currently in the process of developing an internal Capital Investment Framework to support its structured approach to long-term capital investment. This work is ongoing with a draft version expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2025. This framework is not for publication; it is an internal document for the purpose of ensuring effective management of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Universities are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997. Under the terms of this Act, the governance and performance of these institutions are matters for which the Governing Bodies and the management of the relevant institutions are responsible. Presidents of Universities, as the Accountable Person for the institutions, are accountable to the Oireachtas for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: The Technological Sector Strategic Projects Fund (TSSPF) was launched in February 2022 to support additional capacity and infrastructure improvements in the technological university sector. During December 2023 and January 2024, my department progressed four projects to the next stage of development which is the Pre-Tender – Project Design, Planning and Procurement Strategy stage....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: There are a number of site acquisitions required to support the progression of projects under the Technological Sector Strategic Projects Fund and the College of the Future Major Projects Fund programmes, once their preliminary business cases meet the robust requirements of the Infrastructure Guidelines. Work is ongoing on a number of potential sites which include a new South East...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Apprenticeship Capital Allocation provides funding in the FET sector. This fund is managed by SOLAS on behalf of my Department. The Apprenticeship Capital Allocation for 2021 – 2024 was:2021 – € 9.8m.2022 – € 5.1m.2023 – € 17.2m.2024 – € 27.1m.Agencies under the remit of my Department, such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: The projects, in my Department, under the Strategic Infrastructure Upgrade Fund are detailed in the attached. This listing represents the current position and is subject to ongoing change. Cost have been provided for projects where a contract has been awarded. For projects that have not reached tender and award stage the information on costs is treated as confidential and commercially sensitive.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department issued approval in October 2024, to Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education and Training Board via SOLAS, for refurbishment works to deliver a NZEB Training Centre at Collooney, Sligo. Works are currently on site with the project expected to be delivered in 2025.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: My Department is engaging with SOLAS in respect of a project for a new NZEB training facility in Ballyfermot for City of Dublin Education and Training Board (City of Dublin ETB). City of Dublin ETB is reviewing options for the delivery of a new training facility. Until that process concludes, it is not possible to give a timeframe for the commencement of any works.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: The projects on hand, in my Department, under the Minor Capital Projects Grant are detailed in the attached. This listing represents the current position and is subject to ongoing change. Cost have been provided for projects where a contract has been awarded. For projects that have not reached tender and award stage the information on costs is treated as confidential and commercially...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: I can confirm that this evaluation meeting for the FET College of the Future Major Projects Fund, took place during the first week of April 2025. Following on from this evaluation I was delighted to announce last week that Galway and Roscommon ETBs proposal & the proposal from the City of Dublin ETB were successful in moving forward to the next stage of development - the Pre-tender,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Building Regulations (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Key to the development of the Further Education and Training (FET) sector and the realisation of the full potential of the FET College of the Future is reform of the current systems and staffing structures. This is called out as an enabling theme in the FET Strategy 2020-2024. To support the reform agenda, my Department appointed an Independent Expert Panel in March 2024 to evaluate FET...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: The OECD Skills Strategy Review (May 2023) concluded a 15-month project led by my department in partnership with the OECD; to comprehensively review Ireland’s skills strategies, structures, and approaches to ensure they are fit for purpose and future-ready. The review provides a blueprint for Ireland’s skills approach into the future that will enable Irish society and economy to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: It has been a longstanding objective of my Department, based on the findings of the Indecon Review of Career Guidance (2019) (www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/publications/indecon- review-of-career-guidance/), to strengthen the provision of information and guidance around career decision making. The need to strengthen the provision of information and guidance was re-enforced by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Lifelong learning was one of the four priority areas examined by the 2023 OECD Review of Ireland's National Skills Strategy (www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-skills-strategy-ireland_d 7b8b40b-en.html). The Review noted that SMEs face particular challenges in providing or supporting lifelong learning, as SMEs often lack the resources (time, money, HR function etc.) to help their staff to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Officials in my Department have started the process of developing Technology Skills of the Future – the Successor to Technology 2022. Technology Skills of the Future will be a Roadmap updated regularly to reflect the impact of technological change on skills needs. The first iteration will focus on specialist digital skills. My officials are collaborating with the Expert Group on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (27 May 2025)

James Lawless: Reply not received from Department.