My Department and Irish Further and Higher Education Institutions engage internationally with Israel in a number of forums in the context of cultural, educational, scientific innovation and academic partnerships and collaborations in the sphere of further and higher education. These forums include the OECD, Council of Europe and UN etc. Examples of such collaboration/partnerships include the Erasmus+ student exchange programme and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded collaborative research programmes.
The Higher Education Authority, as the National Agency for the Erasmus Plus programme at higher education, participate in the following partnerships:
Year
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Irish HEI
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Israeli HEI
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Irish Outgoing
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Incoming
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2023
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TCD
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar Ilan University
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25
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25
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2023
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UCD
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Bar Ilan University
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1
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1
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2022
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TCD
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar Ilan University
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11
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11
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Science Foundation Ireland’s 2022 research outputs note that there are 38 collaborations between SFI-funded researchers and researchers within Israel, of which:
· One third of the engagements are with the Weizmann Institute of Science & Tel Aviv University. · University of Galway accounts for one third of collaborations and UCC, 20%.
· APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre and Curam - SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, have 4 and 3 collaborations respectively. · The main areas covered are biomedicine, immunity & infection, and microbiology. · There are about 15 non-academic links with companies, including Agilent Technologies Israel & IBM Israel. My officials have no knowledge of any non-educational commercial relationships with any Israeli state agencies or companies. Further detail on these educational, cultural and scientific/academic linkages can be obtained from relevant agencies as set out below.
Name of Body
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Dedicated Email address for the Members of the Oireachtas
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Designated Official Responsible for assisting Oireachtas Members
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Higher Education Authority
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Oireachtas@hea.ie
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Padraic Mellett*
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Irish Research Council( Note 1)
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Oireachtas@research.ie
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Padraic Mellett*
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Grangegorman Development Agency
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Communications@ggda.ie
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nora.rahill@ggda.ie
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SOLAS
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oireachtasinfo@solas.ie
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Maria Walsh maria.walshe@solas.ie
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Skillnets Ltd
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oireachtas@skillnets.com
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t.donnery@skillnets.com
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Quality and Qualifications Ireland
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ceo@qqi.ie
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ceo@qqi.ie
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Léargas – The Exchange Bureau
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oireachtas@leargas.ie
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fbroughan@leargas.ie
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Science Foundation Ireland
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Science Foundation Ireland
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Ciara Cotter
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Note 1 – In regard to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) as the IRC operates under the auspices of the HEA. Mr Mellett will address Oireachtas queries for both the HEA and IRC. Please use Oireachtas@hea.ie and Oireachtas@research.ie respectively to contact Mr Mellett.