Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16376/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department actively supports Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the workplace through a number of initiatives for staff to promote the EDI conversation in the Department.

This includes initiatives such as Lunch-and-Learn events for staff organised by the Human Resources (HR) Unit on EDI matters, through circulation of resources on an ongoing basis to staff members on EDI issues and details of any talks/seminars relating to EDI initiatives being hosted by other organisations as well as a dedicated EDI page on the staff intranet with a range of awareness-raising material on EDI issues.

To date, no external consultancy organisation or provider has been used to deliver diversity and inclusion training in my Department.