Good Friday Agreement

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Ceisteanna (132)

Seán Crowe

Ceist:

131 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the initiatives in the field of education that have benefitted from North South cooperation funding and the names of schools where children who have benefitted from the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund Act 2011 have attended. [22539/12]

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Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn)

Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement there are four designated areas of cooperation in the area of education; special education needs, educational underachievement, teacher mobility and school, youth and teachers exchanges. My Department funds a number of initiatives in these four areas. A list of projects currently funded is attached as Appendix A for the deputy's information. In relation to the George Mitchell Scholarship Programme, this programme provides third level scholarships to enable US university graduates to pursue a year of study at institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. A list of the third level institutions which George Mitchell scholars have attended is attached as Appendix B.

North South Co-operation Unit Projects and Programmes Funding 2012

Name	Source of Funding	Other Source(s) of Funding
	Republic of Ireland	Northern Ireland and USA
School, Youth and Teachers
Cinemagic	Dept. Education and Skills	— Dept. of Culture, Arts and Leisure NI— Northern Ireland Screen
Civic Link	Dept. Education and Skills	N/A*
Dissolving Boundaries	Dept. Education and Skills	Dept. Education Northern Ireland
European Studies Project	Dept. Education and Skills	Dept. Education Northern Ireland
History Teachers Association of Ireland (HTAI) Visit to Belfast	Dept. Education and Skills (NSCU and Teacher Education Section)	N/A
Irish Science Olympiad	Dept. Education and Skills	Dept. Education Northern Ireland
Maths Week Ireland	Dept. Education and Skills	Dept. Education Northern Ireland
Coordinating Training Tool (for English as an additional language and integration)	Dept. Education and Skills	N/A
Pushkin Prizes	Dept. Education and Skills	Dept. Education Northern Ireland
North South Ministerial Council Working Groups (Literacy Conference)	Dept. Education and Skills	Dept. Education Northern Ireland

3rd Level
Dare to be Digital	Dept. Education and Skills	Belfast City Council
Glór na nGael	Dept. Education and Skills	N/A
SCoTENS Teacher Education Conference	Dept. Education and Skills	— Dept. Education Northern Ireland— Dept. of Employment and Learning NI
Universities Ireland	Dept. Education and Skills	Dept. of Employment and Learning NI
Washington Ireland Programme	Dept. Education and Skills	Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister Northern Ireland

Other
Centre for Cross Border Studies	Dept. Education and Skills	N/A

Table 2

Breakdown of George Mitchell Scholars by Institution and Programme
Year	Scholars	Institutions	Programme
2001	12	Dublin City University	Financial and Industrial Mathematics
		National University of Ireland Galway	International Law and Human Rights
		National University of Ireland Galway	Culture and Colonialism
		National University of Ireland Maynooth	Medieval Irish History
		Queen’s University Belfast	Irish Studies
		Queens University Belfast	Human Rights and Law
		Trinity College Dublin	Peace Studies
		Trinity College Dublin	Multimedia Systems
		University College Cork	English
		University College Dublin	Mathematical Studies
		University of Limerick	Peace and Developmental Studies
		University of Ulster	Biomedical Sciences

2002	12	Dublin City University	International Relations
		Queen’s University Belfast	Classics
		Queen’s University Belfast	Comparative Ethnic Conflict
		Trinity College Dublin	Ethnic and Racial Studies
		Trinity College Dublin	Anglo-Irish Literature
		University College Cork	Government
		University College Cork	Applied Social Studies
		University College Dublin	Computer Science
		University College Dublin	Politics
		University of Limerick	Peace and Development studies
		University of Limerick	International Relations
		University of Ulster	Biotechnology

2003	12	Dublin City University	Political Communications
		NUI Galway	Human Rights Law
		NUI Galway	International Human Rights Law
		NUI Maynooth	Geography
		Queen’s University Belfast	Human Rights Law
		Queen’s University Belfast	Creative Writing
		Trinity College Dublin	Community Health
		Trinity College Dublin	History of Art
		University College Dublin	Anglo-Irish Literature
		University College Dublin	Anglo-Irish Literature
		University of Ulster	Peace and Conflict Studies
		University of Ulster	Political Communications and Public Affairs

2004	11	National University of Ireland Galway	Health Promotion
		National University of Ireland Galway and Queens University Belfast	Human Rights Law
		Queen’s University Belfast	Comparative Ethnic Conflict
		Queen’s University Belfast	Human Rights and Criminal Justice
		Trinity College Dublin	Irish Theatre and Film
		Trinity College Dublin	International Peace Studies
		University College Cork	Economic Science
		University College Cork	International Relations
		University College Dublin	Anglo-Irish literature
		University College Dublin	Equality Studies
		University of Limerick	International Studies

2005	12	Dublin City University	International Relations
		National University of Ireland Galway	Economic Policy Evaluation
		National University of Ireland Galway	Zoology
		Queen’s University Belfast	Comparative Ethnic Conflict
		Queen’s University Belfast	Comparative Ethnic Conflict
		Trinity College Dublin	Civil Engineering
		Trinity College Dublin	Drama Studies
		University College Dublin	Equality Studies
		University College Dublin	Politics
		University of Limerick	International Studies
		University of Limerick	International Studies
		University of Ulster	Peace and Conflict Studies

2006	11	Dublin City University	International Security and Conflict Studies
		National University of Ireland Galway	Economic Policy Evaluation
		Queen’s University Belfast	Music Composition
		Queen’s University Belfast	Comparative Ethnic Conflict
		Trinity College Dublin	Ecumenics
		Trinity College Dublin	Fire Engineering
		University College Cork	Applied Science
		University College Dublin	Equality Studies
		University of Limerick	Biomedical Engineering
		University of Ulster	Peace and conflict studies
		University of Ulster	Irish History and politics

2007	11	Dublin City University	Journalism
		Dublin City University	International Security and Conflict Studies
		National University of Ireland Galway	Biomedical Science
		National University of Ireland Galway and Queens University Belfast	Human Rights and Criminal Justice
		Queen’s University Belfast	International Politics
		Trinity College Dublin	International Peace Studies
		Trinity College Dublin	Creative Writing
		University College Dublin	Anglo-Irish Literature
		University of Limerick	Peace and Development Studies
		University of Limerick	International Studies
		University of Ulster	Peace and Conflict Studies

2008	12	Dublin City University	International Security and Conflict Studies
		National University of Ireland Galway	International Human Rights Law
		National University of Ireland Maynooth	Musicology
		Queen’s University Belfast	Ethnic Conflict
		Queen’s University Belfast	Theory, culture and identity
		Trinity College Dublin	Applied Social Research
		Trinity College Dublin	Environmental Science
		University College Cork	Contemporary Migration/Diaspora studies
		University College Cork	Politics
		University College Dublin	Meteorology
		University College Dublin	Development Studies
		University College Dublin	Cultural Policy and Arts management

2009	12	National University of Ireland Galway	Public Advocacy and Activism
		University College Dublin	Sociology
		Queen’s University Belfast	Human Rights
		Trinity College Dublin	Environmental Science
		University College Dublin	Neuroscience
		University of Ulster	Peace Studies
		National University of Ireland Maynooth	Anthropology and Development
		Dublin City University	Political Communication
		Dublin City University	Development Studies
		Trinity College Dublin	Creative Writing
		Queen’s University Belfast	Violence, Terrorism and Security
		University College Cork	Mobile Networking and Computing

2010	12	Trinity College Dublin	Masters in Neuroscience
		University College Cork	Public Health
		University of Limerick	Music Therapy
		Queen’s University Belfast	Masters in Environmental Science
		Queen’s University Belfast and National University of Ireland Galway	Masters in Human Rights Law
		National University of Ireland Maynooth	Immunology and Global Health
		Trinity College Dublin	Playwriting
		Queen’s University Belfast	Rural Development
		National University of Ireland Galway	Masters in Gender, Globalization and Development
		University College Dublin	Equality Studies
		Trinity College Dublin	Mathematical Physics
		National University of Ireland Galway	International Human Rights Law

2011	9	University College Dublin	Global Health
		University of Ulster	Peace and Conflict Studies
		Dublin City University	International Security and Conflict Studies
		NUI Galway	Political Science and Sociology
		University of Limerick	Sociology
		University College Dublin	Public Health
		NUI Galway	Writing
		Queen’s University Belfast	Violence Terrorism and Security
		NUI Maynooth	Military History and Strategic Studies

2012	12	NUI Galway	Economic Policy Evaluation
		NUI Maynooth	Equalty and Social Activism
		Queen’s University Belfast	Corporate Governance
		Dublin City University	Intercultural Studies
		University College Dublin	Anglo-Irish Lit and Drama
		University College Dublin	Development Practice
		Trinity College Dublin	Gender and Women’s Studies
		University of Ulster	Human Rights Law
		University of Ulster	Health Communication
		NUI Galway	Theatre
		Queen’s University Belfast	Human Geography
		Trinity College Dublin	Theatre and Performance
Total	138