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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...9 million. A total of 70% of the Estimate relates to staff and administration operating costs. The remaining €11.9 million provides funding for the National Economic and Social Development Office, which incorporates the National Economic and Social Council, the proposed Covid-19 evaluation, citizens' assemblies and several independent inquiries. The priorities of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Research and Innovation Bill 2023: The Department continued development of a landmark Research and Innovation Bill to amalgamate the functions of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council into a new Research Agency, to maximise the impact of approximately €300m of national competitive research funding (almost 40% of Government expenditure on R&D). Impact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Research and Innovation Bill 2023: The Department continued development of a landmark Research and Innovation Bill to amalgamate the functions of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council into a new Research Agency, to maximise the impact of approximately €300m of national competitive research funding (almost 40% of Government expenditure on R&D). Impact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Research and Innovation Bill 2023: The Department continued development of a landmark Research and Innovation Bill to amalgamate the functions of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council into a new Research Agency, to maximise the impact of approximately €300m of national competitive research funding (almost 40% of Government expenditure on R&D). Impact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...;s future plans. There is acute awareness of the need to address current backlogs in apprenticeship training and meet future demand projections set out in the recent report on Skills for Residential Construction and Retrofit working in partnership with SOLAS and HEA. Reform of Further Education and Training (FET) My Department is working closely with SOLAS and the ETBs to develop the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: .... All six Schools of Architecture in the Republic of Ireland have partnered on this project.  Each Higher Education Institution (HEI) partner will strengthen their academic delivery with local and city councils who are invested in sustainable planning and building in their jurisdictions. The National Planning Framework 2040 Plan with its overarching region-by-region sustainability...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...to engage with apprenticeship. The National Apprenticeship Alliance (NAA) brings together a wealth of knowledge and first-hand, practical experience from the worlds of education providers, learners, industry partners and trade unions, to help steer the evolution of the system. - Over 100 civil and public service organisations have recently been surveyed for their views on apprenticeship...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...needs, as identified by the national skills architecture, and will be permanent additions in the system. Some of the areas in which these places are being created include ICT, Architecture and Construction, Nursing and other healthcare, Engineering and Environment. There are a number of key strategies in place at all levels to ensure we meet existing and future skills demands. These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Simon Harris: ...& Commercial Driving has been launched. Programme development has been approved for progression for a further range of programmes in areas such as farming, horticulture, finance, manufacturing, construction, cybersecurity and ICT, and a number of others at the initial proposal stage. A total of €34 million was provided in Budget 2022 to expand apprenticeship, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Mar 2022)

Simon Harris: ...needs and to technology-driven changes in the world of work so that Ireland has a skilled and productive workforce. Under the National Skills Strategy, the skills ecosystem encompasses the National Skills Council and Regional Skills Fora and labour market information entities including the Skills and Labour Market Research Unit in SOLAS and the Expert Group on Future Skills...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (9 Dec 2021)

Simon Harris: ...dialogue, and collaboration between relevant Government Departments and agencies, the education and training system, the enterprise agencies, and private sector representatives. The National Skills Council is the high level partnership platform established under the National Skills Strategy. It is an advisory body made up of high-level representatives from public and private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Simon Harris: ..., including in relation to apprenticeships, is guided by the National Skills Strategy. The Strategy provided for the establishment of the skills architecture that we have today, the National Skills Council and the nine Regional Skills Fora. Underpinning both the skills agenda and architecture are the skills forecasting and intelligence systems, made up of the contribution of a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: ..., including in relation to apprenticeships, is guided by the National Skills Strategy. The Strategy provided for the establishment of the skills architecture that we have today, the National Skills Council and the nine Regional Skills Fora. Underpinning both the skills agenda and architecture are the skills forecasting and intelligence systems, made up of the contribution of a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 May 2021)

Simon Harris: ...of a sustainable economy and society. Strong collaborative links between the further and higher education system and enterprise have been developed and expanded over recent years. The National Skills Council, the Regional Skills Fora, the National Training Fund Advisory Group and the Apprenticeship Council are some of our partnership mechanisms, with the education and training system, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 May 2021)

Simon Harris: ..., and a national consensus on outcomes. Strong collaborative links between the further and higher education system and enterprise have been developed and expanded over recent years. The National Skills Council, the Regional Skills Fora, the National Training Fund Advisory Group and the Apprenticeship Council are some of our partnership mechanisms, with the education and training system,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: ...Essentially, where there is a regulation to determine entry for any profession or trade, these also fell within scope of EU directives. For example, Ireland has regulated entry into the security industry which limits any person working as a security guard. A QQI Level 4 qualification is an essential requirement, among other things. This trend of expanding qualifications has resulted in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: ...of having an overall EU framework or a derogation for a specific British and Irish agreement, each profession has had to do it in a way that works for it. Some of it, around the safe pass in the construction industry, has required legislative change in the Oireachtas. Others have required memoranda of understanding. Some have required - the Senator referenced nursing - regulators...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (4 Feb 2021)

Simon Harris: ...for graduate output is guided by the National Skills Strategy 2016-2025. The strategy provided for the establishment of the skills architecture that we have today, which is the National Skills Council and the nine Regional Skills Fora. Strong collaborative links between the further and higher education system and enterprise have been developed and expanded over recent years. These new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Simon Harris: ...qualified graduates, and initiatives to equip young people and the working population more generally with the skills and capacity to meet these demands. Structures such as the National Skills Council, the Regional Skills Fora, the National Training Fund Advisory Group and the Apprenticeship Council help identify and respond to skills needs and ensure that we have a national and...