Departmental Staff

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Questions (226)

Ged Nash

Question:

226. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide figures for the number of staff directly employed in agencies and bodies directly under his aegis who work from home/remotely as part of their working week; the percentage of staff on an overall basis who work from home at least one day a week; the number of working hours on average per week that staff in relevant agencies and bodies work from home; the gender breakdown of those who avail of the opportunity to work from home/remotely; if he will provide the figures for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3257/24]

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Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document, should the Deputy wish to contact the aegis bodies directly with their query.

Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Name of Body	Dedicated Email address for the Members of the Oireacthas	Designated Official Responsible for assisting Oireachtas Members
Higher Education Authority	Oireachtas@hea.ie	Padraic Mellett*
Irish Research Council( Note 1)	Oireachtas@research.ie	Padraic Mellett*
Grangegorman Development Agency	Communications@ggda.ie	nora.rahill@ggda.ie
SOLAS	oireachtasinfo@solas.ie	Maria Walsh maria.walshe@solas.ie
Skillnets Ltd	oireachtas@skillnets.com	t.donnery@skillnets.com
Quality and Qualifications Ireland	ceo@qqi.ie	ceo@qqi.ie
Léargas – The Exchange Bureau	oireachtas@leargas.ie	fbroughan@leargas.ie
Science Foundation Ireland	ciara.cotter@sfi.ie	Ciara Cotter

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.