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Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education Josepha Madigan TD today, Tuesday 3 May, announced a summer education programme for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage for summer 2022.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has today announced Government backing for a centralised European depository for evidence collected of international war crimes in Ukraine.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today (May 1st 2022) welcomed the establishment of the South East Technological University (SETU).

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, has today (29 April 2022) published the Monthly Homeless Report for March 2022 and the Homeless Quarterly Progress Report for Quarter 1 2022.

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, today formally opened the first grid-scale solar project to connect to the national grid under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS).

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with Special Responsibility for New Market Access, Martin Heydon TD, is leading an Irish Trade Mission to Mexico.

Joe O’Brien TD, Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Department of Social Protection is visiting projects and community initiatives supported by his Departments in Co Roscommon on Friday 29 April.

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, TD, today (29 April 2022) announced additional funding under the Dormant Accounts funded Awareness Raising Initiative for Social Enterprise (ARISE) Scheme.

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys T.D., has today published the General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022.The Heads of Bill were approved by Government this week.

The Minister for Finance, Mr Paschal Donohoe TD, welcomes today’s announcement by Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. (”AIB”) that they are in exclusive discussions with NatWest Group to acquire Ulster Bank’s tracker mortgage book.