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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The 2010 provision for further education programmes is just over €426 million, made up of €197.3 million for pay costs, €228.9 million for non-pay costs. In addition, my Department provided just over €3.87 million for capital costs. This will enable over 170,000 learners to participate in a range of full-time and part-time further education programmes. For the current academic year...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: As the Deputy is aware, the School Transport scheme was approved by Government as a topic for inclusion as part of the 2009-2011 round of Value for Money Reviews. This review looked at the original objectives of the scheme, whether these objectives remain valid today, the extent to which the objectives are being achieved, and whether there are possibilities for economies or efficiencies...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Detailed discussions have commenced between officials from my Department and officials from FÁS to determine the specific implications for FÁS training programmes of the 2011 allocation for training the unemployed. It should be noted that FÁS programmes are expected to deliver approximately 100,000 training and employment places for the unemployed in 2011. This is a significant increase...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Detailed discussions have commenced between officials from my Department and officials from FÁS to determine the specific implications for FÁS training programmes of the 2011 allocation for training the unemployed, which due to the present fiscal situation and resources available is reduced next year. FÁS programmes are still expected to deliver approximately 100,000 training and...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The broad elements of the framework have been drafted and will form the basis of discussion and consultation with other relevant Youth Agencies. Wider consultation, as referred to in my answer to Question No. 55 of 9 March 2010, has been deferred pending the integration of elements of FÁS with the Department of Social Protection and the establishment of a freshly mandated Skills Agency,...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The following are the details of the weekly pay rates for Community Employment participants for 2011: CE Single Adult Rate: €208.00; Increase for Qualified Adult: €124.80; Full rate Child Dependant: €29.80; Half rate Child Dependant: €14.90.

Written Answers — Training and Work Experience Programmes: Training and Work Experience Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. Table 1 sets out the total non-pay funding allocated by FÁS in 2010 for the training of persons seeking employment broken down by programme. The table also provides total non-pay funding allocated to the training of persons in employment broken down by programme. The pay elements are currently being worked on by FÁS...

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme is a full-time further education programme open to people over 21 years of age who are at least six months unemployed. The information requested by the Deputy is set out below: 2007 - 5,377 learners 2008 - 5,403 learners 2009 - 5,568 learners 2010 - 5,775 learners ^^ Higher Education Grants ^^

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Following a public request for tender, funding from the Labour Market Activation Fund, 2010 was made available to fifty-nine projects to provide education and training places for up to 12,000 unemployed people. For the purposes of this Fund, prospective participants on programmes eligible for Fund support must be jobseekers who have been in receipt of an unemployment payment for a period of...

Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: This question is similar to Question No. 5.

Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: There is a slight difference in regard to mature students, which I will outline. The automatic eligibility of mature students to the higher non-adjacent rate of grant is to be removed from the beginning of the 2011-12 academic year. Mature students who reside 45 km or more from their higher education institution will continue to be eligible for the higher non-adjacent rate of grant. It is...

Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am not sure the question is particularly related to this issue.

Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I take the Deputy's point and note what the Tánaiste said earlier in this regard. On the particular issue, the situation is that all students in similar circumstances should be treated equally. The Tánaiste dealt with a number of other issues arising from this question earlier in the debate. Some of the issues raised by the Deputy in supplementary questions will be dealt with in the Hunt...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certification Courses: Post-Leaving Certification Courses (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programme provides an integrated general education, vocational training and work experience programme for young people who have completed their Leaving Certificate and adults returning to education. Its purpose is to enhance their prospects of gaining employment or progressing to further or higher education. I am aware that any reduction in funding or...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The 2011 estimate for school transport services is €180 million compared to an allocation for 2010 of €186 million. Under the four year national recovery plan €4.5 million in savings will need to be secured in 2011, rising to €17 million in 2014, through a combination of increases in charges and the implementation of measures identified in the value for money review of the school...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Board of FÁS recently submitted its proposal for a new training agency. This takes into account the transfer of certain responsibilities from this Department to the Department of Social Protection. The proposal includes: The provision of short to medium training courses ranging from level 3 to 6 on the NFQ delivered through a variety of methods including e learning; The delivery of...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The majority of schools include among their pupils, children with disadvantaged backgrounds. In general most schools address the individual needs of these children without recourse to supplementary targeted resources. Evidence has shown that disadvantage associated with poverty and social exclusion assumes a multiplier effect where the levels are highly concentrated in schools. DEIS...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Government are committed to ensuring that an appropriate mix of training, work experience and educational responses are in place to support the unemployed and to enhance their employability. The training, work experience and education measures that are being implemented in 2011 are designed to help those who are unemployed gain valuable work experience, maintain close linkages with the...

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The training allowance referred to by the Deputy is a training bonus payment made to Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS), Youthreach and Senior Traveller Training Centre (STTC) participants and FÁS trainees who have been in receipt of their relevant social welfare payment for at least 12 months directly before joining the VTOS, Youthreach, STTC or FAS course. This bonus is paid...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Last year, in order to minimise the drift into long-term unemployment, the Government through the Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal, decided to prioritise four cohorts of the unemployed for support and assistance. The four cohorts are; the low skilled; those under 35 years of age; those on the Live Register for longer than 1 year and those suffering from structural unemployment in the...