Departmental Priorities

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Ceisteanna (1260)

Richard Boyd Barrett

Ceist:

1260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10156/26]

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Freagraí scríofa

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

Attached for the information of the Deputy is a table detailing the details of the interdepartmental and inter-agency working groups and committees under the aegis of my Department, and which are currently active.

DFHERIS Interdepartmental and inter agency committees and working groups

February 2026

Committees and Working Group	External Membership Organisation
DFHERIS/SEAI Sectoral Decarbonisation Steering Group – Climate Action and Capital Planning Unit	SEAI, SOLAS, HEA
Interdepartmental Group on Student Accommodation – Student Accommodation Unit	D/Finance, D/Transport, NTMA, D/Housing, HEA, D/Finance
Industry Advisory Expert Group on Student Accommodation - Student Accommodation Unit	E&Y, The Housing Agency, Irish Institutional Property Association, UCD, ISIF, HEA
ESRI Behavioural Research Project – Communications Unit	ESRI
LEEF subcommittee on apprenticeship – Apprenticeship Unit	SIPTU, ICTU, Connect Union, TUI, CIF, IBEC, Chambers Ireland), Dept Taoiseach, DPER
Apprenticeship Capacity Oversight Group – Apprenticeship Unit	NAO, SOLAS, ETBI, SIPTU, TUI, HEA, IUA/TUD, HEA
Assessing the impact of the tertiary system on innovation in the workplace - Steering Board – Research Policy Programme Unit	UCD, Maynooth University
Impact 2030 Implementation Forum – Research Policy Programme Unit	D/Defence, D/Education, D/Finance, D/Health, HRB, HSE, D/Justice, D/Taoiseach, D/Transport, DAFM, MI, Teagasc, DCEIDY, National Disability Authority, Tusla, DECC, EPA, DECC/GSI, SEAI, DETE, EI, EI/KTI/DTIF, IDA, DFAT, HEA, Research Ireland, DHLGH, DPER, ESRI, DRCD, DSP, DTCAGSM
Impact 2030 Steering Group – Research Policy Programme Unit	D/Health, D/Taoiseach, DAFM, DCEIDY, DECC, DETE