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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: In 2015 the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGSFN) carried out a study on the future skills needs of the hospitality sector. The objective was to assess demand arising within the sector in Ireland including hotels, restaurants, bars, canteens and catering over the period to 2020. The aim was to ensure that there will be the right supply of skills to help drive domestic hospitality sector...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: My Department has overall responsibility for policy development for education and training provision across the economy including the tourism and hospitality sector.  Higher education provision is funded by Higher Education Authority and further education and training provision is planned and funded by SOLAS and the 16 Education and Training Boards.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: Persons that are not fulltime unemployed can access and participate in ETB courses.  However, priority for participation on some Further Education and Training (FET) training courses is given to unemployed persons, particularly persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment from the Department of Social Protection.  Programmes are also provided for school leavers and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: The matters referred to by the Deputy are employment issues between the employees concerned and their employer, Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board.  The employees concerned should raise the matters with their employer in the first instance.  Officials in my Department are available to advise the employer if required to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (20 Jun 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: Apprenticeship Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the number of certificates issued to apprentices in the construction and electrical sectors is set out in the attached table. Certificates issued 2010 - 2016 Sector 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Grand Total Construction 1743 1766 1360 826 463 314 243 6715 Electrical 1044 1054 1056 710 469 353 362 5048 Grand Total 2787 2820 2416...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: I understand from SOLAS that 14,688 employers were approved to train apprentices in the construction and electrical sectors over the period from 1998 to 2017. It should be noted that some employers may have been approved for multiple crafts. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: I understand from SOLAS that 1,929 employers were approved to train apprentices in the period 2015 to 2017.  It should be noted that some employers may have been approved for multiple crafts.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: In 2015 SOLAS, in accordance with Quality and Qualifications Ireland requirements, conducted programme and standards review in consultation, with all relevant stakeholders, in 23 of the 27 existing craft apprenticeship programmes. Each stakeholder programme review group was assigned a standardised terms of reference which included a requirement to consider the duration of the respective...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (20 Jun 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 Programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 625 and 626 together. The Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) is integrated into European Social Fund (ESF) programming as a dedicated priority axis within the ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020 (PEIL) that was adopted by Commission Decision in February 2015.  The specific YEI allocation for Ireland of €68m (for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628 to 631, inclusive, together. SOLAS does not operate a capacity model in the managing of the provision of the existing craft apprenticeship programmes. As the Deputy is aware apprenticeship is a demand driven alternate educational and training programme and the allocation of provision is determined by the skill demands of employers. SOLAS, through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration (20 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: I understand from SOLAS that they do not set any maximum number for the recruitment of apprentices to any of the craft trades.  Approved employers may, however, may have upper limits to the number they can recruit based on their capacity to adequately train apprentices.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: I too offer my condolences to the family of Tom Power. I believe that if he had taken ill on a Friday morning instead of a Sunday, he would have received cardiac intervention at University Hospital Waterford, which is about ten minutes from his home. The Minister of Health and I have differed on the Herity report on a number of occasions. I respect that. He knows my firmly-held views that...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: The presence of the mobile cath lab would not have saved the life of Tom Power. However, there will be more Tom Powers and more lives needlessly lost unless cardiac services in UHW are expanded. This will never happen while we, the elected-----

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: ----representatives of the region, are fighting against an invisible force within the health service.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: Members of the Independent Alliance and I had a meeting with the Minister today. Outside of the national review, there is a commitment to a review in the south east, which will cover all of the south east. The last review did not cover all of the south east. I take into consideration what Deputy Cullinane is saying but I ask Members from the south east to meet with the Minister and me as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: As the Deputy is aware apprenticeship is a demand driven alternance educational and training programme and the allocation of provision is determined by the skill demands of employers. SOLAS, through its Skills and Labour Market and Research Unit (SLMRU) and its Apprenticeship Services Unit, regularly conducts forecasts of apprenticeship requirements.  The SLMRU has developed a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: As the Deputy is aware apprenticeship is a demand driven alternance educational and training programme and the allocation of provision is determined by the skill demands of employers. SOLAS, through its Skills and Labour Market and Research Unit (SLMRU) and its Apprenticeship Services Unit, regularly conducts forecasts of apprenticeship requirements.  The SLMRU has developed a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (21 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to 169, inclusive, together. 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...