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The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, and the Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton TD, today announced the 124 community projects around the country that will receive funding under the 2019 Communities Integration Fund.

The Minister for Justice and Equality and his colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, met this morning with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi.

The Minister for Justice and Equality, announced today that the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018 has now passed both Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Education and Skills today launched Ireland’s National Framework on the Transition to an Open Research Environment.

The Department of Education and Skills has issued short online surveys to schools on secretaries and caretakers employed by them and paid by grant funding.

The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, announced new, significant measures aimed at increasing funding for public art and artists.

The Chairman of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), Professor Peter Clinch, today (9 July 2019) launched ‘Ireland’s Competitiveness Scorecard 2019’.

Minister Zappone welcomed the publication of a third progress report by the Expert Assurance Group (EAG) on steps taken by Tusla to implement recommendations from HIQA’s Statutory Investigation.

Minister of State for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D., today launched the next round of the National Apiculture Programme.

The Minister of State for the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands, has today approved the language plan for Ceantar na nOileán in Connemara, under the language planning process.