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Seanad: School Transport: Statements (12 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: I thank all the Senators for the information they have dispersed to me today. Some specific cases have been brought to my attention here. Rather than take these individually I would be delighted to meet with Senators on those particular issues. If we can facilitate it I am prepared to come back to Dublin over the next couple of weeks. I am, unfortunately, up to my eyeballs tomorrow and I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (13 Jul 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 Eligibility (13 Jul 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 of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (13 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: The recently published Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020, sets out a series of detailed actions and annual targets on how the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Education in the area will be met. This year, in the case of new apprenticeships, the plan targets 800 registrations across 15 cumulative programmes. To date five programmes have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (13 Jul 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 of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (13 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: A total of €69.6 million was spent on apprenticeship training in 2016. A budget allocation of €98.7 million has been made available for apprenticeships training in 2017, an increase of over 40%. The information requested by the Deputy in respect apprenticeship training in 2016 and to date in 2017 is set out in the following tabular statement. Apprentice Population 2016 - 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Company Liquidations (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected timeframe for payments following judgments to be forwarded to the liquidator in a case (details supplied); the status from the liquidator of the company regarding meeting its obligation to fund the balance of 35% of claims; the current stage of the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (26 Jul 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. Under the terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (26 Jul 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 family in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 260 together. Since 2004, FÁS/SOLAS paid a part of the Annual Student Contribution (ASC) due in respect of apprentices, with apprentices themselves paying the part of the contribution relating to examination fees. As part of Budget 2014, SOLAS has ceased making payments to Institutes of Technology (IoTs) and apprentices pay the full pro...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: The City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) provide courses to TARGET's learners under the Adult Literacy and Community Education budgets. The courses offered are agreed with TARGET based on their identified needs for the area. I understand that CDETB continues to provide an extensive range of courses in the area under the ALCE budget and all requests for Community...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (26 Jul 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 main...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards (ETBs), provide of range of flexible education and training opportunities designed to be accessible to carers and those with responsibilities that make it difficult to access full time provision. Under the Further Education & Training (FET) Strategy, SOLAS have published the results of a research project that examined...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: Alleviating the housing crisis is a cross-Government priority.  My Department worked closely with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in developing the action plan for Housing and Homelessness, Rebuilding Ireland.  The apprenticeship system is a major supplier of craft skills to the construction sector. Registrations in the craft trades are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (26 Jul 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. I understand that the appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: In the 2016/2017 academic year there were over 218,000 students enrolled on both part-time and full-time Higher Education programmes, over 43,500 of which were new entrants.  Also in 2016 there were over 11,000 apprentices in training on various phases of their apprenticeship, 3,821 of which were new registrations. The Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship 2016-2020...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: The report of the SOLAS/ESRI evaluation of the PLC Programme has been submitted to my Department and is under consideration. Following consideration of the report, plans for publication will be discussed with SOLAS.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (26 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the number persons on each apprenticeship scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017 is set out in the table. In January this year the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020 was published, which sets out how State agencies, education and training providers and employers will work together to deliver on the Action...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (26 Jul 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 km annually. Under the terms of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (11 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...