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

Seán Haughey: Last year, the Government introduced the FÁS Work Placement Programme (WPP) to provide valuable work experience for unemployed individuals. The Work Placement Programme provides up to 9 months work experience to unemployed individuals and is open to employers from all sectors of the economy, including the private, public and the community and voluntary sectors. Since the start of the...

Written Answers — European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 43 together. The EU budgetary authorities have recently approved the Irish application for European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) co-financing assistance in support of 1,135 workers made redundant in 2009 at the S R Technics aircraft maintenance facility at Dublin Airport. This process culminated in the approval by the European Parliament of the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The following are the details of the weekly pay rates for all Community Employment (CE) participants for 2011: CE Single Adult Rate: €208.00Increase for Qualified Adult: €124.80Full rate Child Dependant: €29.80Half rate Child Dependant: €14.90. In line with the transfer of budgetary and policy responsibility for CE to the Department of Social Protection commencing in 2011, the...

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

Seán Haughey: I understand that FÁS, in the implementation of its new Training Standards System, discovered processing issues in the North East which gave rise to errors on requests which had been made by FAS to FETAC. Certificates for 53 learners on 6 courses were involved but the certificates in question had not issued to the learners involved. The errors arise from administrative, processing and data...

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

Seán Haughey: The information in the format requested by the Deputy is not currently readily available. I will respond to him directly with this information as soon as possible.

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

Seán Haughey: Data on post-programme outcomes for FÁS trainees are collected by means of a large follow-up survey carried out every 2/3 years. Two such surveys have been carried out over the period covered in the Question.The most recent survey was conducted in the last quarter of 2009, and covered outcomes for trainees who completed training just over a year earlier (during the period June-September...

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

Seán Haughey: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled by FÁS. It is a complex exercise and, therefore, the information requested is not easily available. I will reply to the Deputy as soon as I have the figures requested to hand.

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

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 112, inclusive, together. The report of the Value for Money Review of the School Transport Scheme, which will outline the recommendations of the Steering Committee, has recently been finalised and the findings and recommendations in the report were considered as part of the budget and estimates process. The report is to be considered by Government in...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The school to which the Deputy refers qualifies for a range of staffing supports under Band 1 of DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, which includes reduced pupil teacher ratio in primary schools in urban areas with most disadvantage, an allocation of administrative principal on lower figures than generally apply in primary schools...

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

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122, 123 and 124 together. As of 15th December 2010 the number of public sector bodies who have applied for and have been approved to participate in the Work Placement Programme is 206.The number of private employers who have applied for and been approved to participate in the Work Placement Programme in 2009 is 559. In addition, the number of private...

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

Seán Haughey: As part of Budget 2010, the Government announced the creation of a €20 million Labour Market Activation Fund, intended to deliver 3,500 places on training and education programmes for the unemployed. Its objective was to stimulate innovation in the provision of training and activation measures for jobseekers seeking to up-skill and get back into work. The Fund is being targeted to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: My Department has proposed and the Government has approved the Skills Development and Internship Programme which is a new enterprise-led labour market activation initiative aimed at those who are at least three months unemployed. This programme aims to enable the unemployed maintain their links with the labour market while also facilitating their upskilling and reskilling, thereby improving...

Written Answers — Further Education: Further Education (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 to 163, inclusive, together. My Department has requested information in relation to the certificate mentioned by the Deputy and will respond directly to the Deputy when this information is to hand. In relation to the Back To Education Allowance, this allowance is a Department of Social Protection second-chance education opportunities scheme designed to...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann operates the school transport services on behalf of my Department, while the operation of Bus Éireann public passenger services does not come under the remit of my Department. The organisation of school transport services is a major logistical operation which involves the planning of bus routes in such a way as to ensure that, as far as possible, eligible pupils have a...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, facilitates the transportation of over 123,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day including approximately 8,000 children with special educational needs. School transport is a very significant national operation involving about 42 million journeys and over 82 million kilometres on 6,000...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: In Budget 2010, in order to maximise the impact of budgets for training the unemployed, the Government decided to cease the payment of FÁS training allowance to new entrants to FÁS training courses who are not entitled to Jobseeker's Benefit/Allowance. Since February 2010, participants must confirm their entitlement to Jobseekers Benefit/Allowance with the Department of Social Protection...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: The Department of Education and Skills assesses school accommodation needs in each area based on local demographic trends, current and projected enrolments, recent and planned housing developments and the capacity of existing schools to meet demand for places. As I outlined in my previous reply of 16 December, from the beginning of the 2011/2012 school year, as an initial step following...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: Changes in relation to school transport, arising from the Value for Money Review of School Transport, were announced in the 2011 budget. These changes include, with effect from the 2011/2012 school year, the application of the distance criteria to all pupils attending primary schools and the ceasing of the exemption under the closed school rule which as a consequence will mean that pupils...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: The new system the Deputy is referring to is the ceasing of the Closed School Rule (CSR) for school transport eligibility purposes for new pupils entering at primary level. I advised the Deputy in my previous reply in December that from the beginning of the 2011/2012 school year, as an initial step, the distance criteria will be applied to all pupils attending primary schools and that the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Haughey: This is an operational matter for FÁS, the national training authority responsible for the operation of the apprenticeship system in Ireland. However, I understand that the apprentice in question is fully aware of his status and that FAS continues to work with him to facilitate his progression to certification.