Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
1394. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Palestinian Authority, any organ of the Palestinian Authority, or any engagement within, or with organisations in, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47826/23]
View answerAt the request of the Irish Representative Office in Ramallah, an official of my Department met with an education delegation from the Palestinian Authority, who were attending a conference in Dublin Castle on 2 December 2022. The purpose of the meeting was to explain the structure of the Irish Tertiary system, and to invite any comments/ discussions.
The Higher Education Authority and Leargas are the National Agencies of the Erasmus Plus programme on behalf of Ireland. Under the Erasmus+ programme, funding was awarded to the below for partnerships with Palestine.
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Action Name and year |
Funding Recipient |
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2023 KA171 |
University of Limerick University College Dublin |
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2022 KA171 |
University of Limerick |
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2020 KA107 |
Dublin City University University of Limerick |
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Project ref. no |
Project status |
Activity type |
Name of Irish beneficiary |
Country |
Partner organisation |
Type of mobility |
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2022-2-IE01-KA153-YOU-000090550 |
Ongoing |
Mobility of youth workers |
Crooked House Theatre Company |
Palestine |
The Jerusalem Ashtar theatre |
Incoming mobility to Ireland fromPalestine |
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2023-1-IE01-KA153-YOU-000137733 |
Ongoing |
Mobility of youth workers |
Crooked House Theatre Company |
Israel |
The Jerusalem Ashtar theatre |
Incoming mobility to Turkey from Ireland and Palestine (among others) |
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2023-3-IE01-KA153-YOU-000182008 |
Eligible – awaiting evaluation (not yet funded) |
Mobility of youth workers |
Crooked House Theatre Company |
Israel |
The Jerusalem Ashtar theatre |
Incoming mobility to Ireland from both Israel and Palestine |
