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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Currently Active Apprenticeships 2017 * Apprenticeship NFQ Level Duration CONSTRUCTION (7) Brick and Stonelaying Level 6 4 Years Carpentry and Joinery Level 6 4 Years Painting and Decorating Level 6 4 Years Plastering *** Level 6 4 Years Plumbing Level 6 4 Years Stonecutting and Stonemasonry Level 6 4 Years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. Children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: Set out in the following table compiled by SOLAS is the detail of the number of PLC places along with enrolment numbers for each ETB over the last three years. - - Enrolment Numbers Enrolment Numbers Enrolment Numbers Education and Training Board Approved Places 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Cavan Monaghan ETB  1,642 1,790 1,747 1,703 City of Dublin ETB 7,778...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. In general,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: We have the action plan to expand apprenticeships and traineeships, which runs from 2016 to 2020. The objective is to reach between 40,000 and 50,000 new apprenticeships. At one stage, before the recession, there were approximately 30,000 to 32,000 apprenticeships, which came all the way down to approximately 2,500 to 3,000. This figure covered apprenticeships at all levels, including...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: Yes. There is a combination of apprenticeships. The programme for Government, as the Deputy knows, includes a commitment to increase the cumulative number of apprenticeships to 31,000. There are a number of new apprenticeships. What we do is we regularly call to businesses, and it would not be unusual for a particular business group to ask to meet either the Minister for Education and...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: I will. Deputy Thomas Byrne spoke about it. The new apprenticeship we started is the insurance practitioner apprenticeship, which has a big take-up. There are also two further programmes, for example, one is in the international financial services, the IFS, which is interesting. The point the Chairman makes is that because there appears to be fewer people unemployed, the take-up among...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (17 May 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (17 May 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 May 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 111 together. My Department allocates all of the recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions, including the Universities such as University College Dublin (UCD). The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of funding is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (18 May 2017)

John Halligan: The seven activities originally selected for YEI funding and the individual allocations for these activities over 2014/15 are provided in the following table.  As noted in the earlier reply, the YEI activities are fully funded up-front by the Exchequer and the EU Regulations allow for the 2014/15 allocations to be spent and claimed before the end of 2018.  No payment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Bus Éireann is responsible for a range of activity regarding the operation of the school transport system including the procurement of contractors to provide transport services. Safety of children travelling on the school transport service is of paramount importance to my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 257 to 263, inclusive, together. I have been informed by SOLAS that in 2009, following consultation with industry representative stakeholders, it was agreed to amalgamate the apprenticeships of cabinet making, wood machining and wood finishing into a new apprenticeship Wood Manufacturing and Finishing, which reflects the knowledge, skill and competency needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264, 266 and 267 together. In 2017, €98.7m has been allocated for apprenticeship training which represents a 40% increase on the 2016 spend of €69.6m. Future years' allocations will be determined through the normal budgetary process which takes account of competing demands and the overall availability of resources. The Apprenticeship Council is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: Both Cavan Institute and Monaghan Institute are operated by Cavan Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB).  CMETB works closely with both local authorities in Cavan and Monaghan as well as the local enterprise offices to ensure that the skills set is available in both counties to permit the growth and development of indigenous industry and meet the skills needs of those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: Through the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs), SOLAS funds community education provision throughout the country which is delivered at a local level supported by ETBs. Last year over €11 million was provided for community education, benefitting almost 54,000 learners in courses nationwide.  These courses cover a range of topics including subjects relevant to...

Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2017)

John Halligan: The Deputy has a keen interest in apprenticeships. The programme for Government commits to providing 31,000 apprenticeship places by 2020, and the Action Plan for Education states that we will enrol 50,000 people on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes in the period to 2020. This represents more than a doubling of the 2016 activity. The Apprenticeship Council is overseeing the...

Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2017)

John Halligan: I thank the Deputy and I would welcome a further meeting with him on that suggestion. I regularly meet companies that are interested in apprenticeships. If we look at the basic apprenticeships we usually would have spoken about, such as for plasterers, bricklayers, carpenters and so on, it is interesting that we are now moving into apprenticeships for industrial electrical engineers,...