Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course was in person or online and name of the scheme providing the support; if employees received any other supports such as time off; if so, the details of same, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38543/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As requested, details and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years have been provided in tabular form. Twenty eight employees have participated in legal study programmes in the past three years. Eight of these employees were supported under refund or advance payment of fees schemes. Under Circular 23 of 2007, employees approved to participate in refund or advance payment of fees schemes have access to study and examination leave. The remaining 20 employees participated in an e-learning course that is available on the Department's learning management system, the course takes approximately 4 hours to complete and the participants attended during working hours.