Results 1-20 of 65 for going forward speaker:Niall Collins

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: ...evolving. The WHO guidance outlines clear recommendations for the implementation of regulatory frameworks in member states which Department of Health officials can consider in future consultation with an coimisiún going forward. The resolution is currently being drafted by the ministry of health in Brazil and has not yet been shared with member states of the WHO. However, following...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: ...the Irish Research Council. The excellent international reputation of both SFI and the IRC, as well as the relationships built up by these agencies, is something we are very conscious of preserving going forward into the new agency. This aim is supported by a number of policies and sister strategies to Impact 2030, namely, Ireland's new talent and innovation strategy and the Global...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: ...Specialist Training Provision for People with Disabilities programme. The purpose of the evaluation is to generate evidence-based conclusions and propose recommendations about the quality, effectiveness, on-going relevance and overall value of vocational training that is currently delivered by STPs and the integration of this training within the wider further education and training...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I will make the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, aware of exactly what Deputy Ó Broin has just articulated. I will ask him to consider it in terms of the proposal that he is going to bring forward on Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (13 Dec 2023)

Niall Collins: ...currently undertaking an independent evaluation of the STPs. The purpose of the evaluation is to generate evidence-based conclusions and propose recommendations about the quality, effectiveness, on-going relevance and overall value of vocational training that is currently delivered and the integration of this training within the wider further education and training provision by ETBs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: ...the ETBs to arrange for once-off support to assist the STPs in response to these pressures. SOLAS will continue to engage with the Department of Health to review the funding model for STPs going forward. SOLAS are also undertaking an independent evaluation of the STPs. The purpose of the evaluation is to generate evidence-based conclusions and propose recommendations about the...

Seanad: Academic Precarity: Motion (24 May 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank Senators Higgins, McDowell and Mullen for tabling this panel debate and providing me with an opportunity to discuss the commitment of the Government to address the complex and multifaceted issue of academic precarity. The Government does not intend to oppose this motion. As the speakers before me outlined in their insightful contributions, there can be no doubt that academic career...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (1 Feb 2023)

Niall Collins: ...of Agriculture, a nominee from the Veterinary Council, and, I think, two persons from the authority. Basically they will run the rule over each of the expressions of interest and will come forward with a recommendation to the authority, which will then make a recommendation to the Minister on that. That is a broad outline of the process. Some people raised queries as to why there is not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Student Accommodation (15 Nov 2022)

Niall Collins: ...are being discussed with a range of higher education institutions, including UCD. They all have to be looked at differently because they are not all the same. Different institutions are bringing forward different proposals, some of which are on-campus and some of which are off-campus. Commercial considerations and decisions have to be taken around that. In relation to our...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank all those who engaged in the debate on this Bill and for the facilitating of today's debate and for the further work that is going to go into this legislation, including Committee Stage amendments and trying to get the Bill through the Houses before the summer recess. As the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, mentioned in his opening speech, the chief purpose of the Bill is to amend...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (24 May 2022)

Niall Collins: ...To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if advice will be provided regarding an extension to a licence for a person (details supplied); the options that may be available to the person going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Mar 2022)

Niall Collins: 650. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise the plan going forward for a Covid vaccinations centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (8 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: ...approach to achieve the vision of an Ireland where every adult has the necessary literacy, numeracy and digital literacy to engage in society and realise their potential. During development and going forward, the ALL strategy closely references complementary initiatives across relevant national strategies and policies. For example, we have created synergies between the ALL Strategy and...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: ...distribute and this will be done by the HEA across our universities, institutes of technology and technological universities. We have also built an additional €20 million into the base of that going forward. There is a recognition and a commitment from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that this is a liability and responsibility that obviously has to be met and...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Niall Collins: .... There has been a small increase in the rates, a minor increase in the threshold and a significant change in the distance for the non-adjacent rate, which will help many people. The review is ongoing. These changes were made prior to the review. I am not pre-empting the review, which I have not seen, but I am sure it will bring forward other recommendations. We have provided for an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Niall Collins: ...terms of the demands of our current apprenticeship offering. It will also deal with issues of dropout that the Deputy raised. Through the Department we have increased the funding and resourcing going into our apprenticeship offering across the apprenticeship landscape and we intend to do that going forward because we recognise promoting apprenticeships and mainstreaming them into our FET...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (7 Oct 2021)

Niall Collins: ...conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The aim of the student grant scheme is to make a contribution to the cost of going to college. The scheme includes a "non-adjacent" rate of grant which is a higher rate of grant which takes into consideration the additional costs which may be associated with living...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: ...took part in the consultation and there were more than 60 written submissions. When the action plan is published there will be specific targets in it. As the Deputy knows, the programme for Government also sets out ambitious targets. It is the Department's view that the Estimate sets out a realistic target as regards stepping up to meet those commitments as we go forward.

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: ...and valuable contributions. My plan, and that of the Minister, Deputy Harris, and my Department, is to work in collaboration with our stakeholders, Oireachtas colleagues and many others. I look forward to our continued engagement. Nobody has to be reminded that education is not just primary school followed by secondary school, followed by going to college. There are a number of paths...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Niall Collins: ...and some of the courses and options available in the further education sector. For people who do not get their first choice or their desired choice, it is not about taking a step backwards to go forwards, it is about taking a step sideways to move forward again. Opportunities are there as the Minister, Deputy Harris, outlined in his opening remarks, where people who do not get their...