Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the international activities and conferences funded by his Department . [22531/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Funding is provided from my Department's Subhead B.3 to support the following activities:

- The costs of Ireland's participation in the education and training related work of the OECD and the Council of Europe.

- A financial contribution to the College of Europe, including scholarships for Irish students.

- Scholarships for Irish students and for the expenses involved in Ireland's participation in the European University Institute.

- Support for Irish participation in the World Schools Debating Championships and in the International Mathematical Olympiads.

- The hosting in Ireland of international educational conferences. In 2011 this included the Asia-Europe Classroom Network Conference (AEC-NET) and the General Assembly of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).