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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (22 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: In Budget 2018, the National Training Fund (NTF) levy was increased by 0.1 per cent in 2018 to 0.8 per cent – providing over €47m of additional investment in the Higher and Further Education Sectors. On foot of decisions taken in Budget 2019, the levy will rise to 0.9 per cent in 2019 (providing an additional €69 million of additional investment in higher and further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 to 222, inclusive, and 227 together. I understand from SOLAS that to date a total of 499 people have been approved and trained to be approved SOLAS Safe Pass tutors. Safe Pass tutor applications are processed and approved on an ongoing basis. SOLAS is satisfied that the current and planned provision of SOLAS Safe Pass tutors has the capacity to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: The reply to Question No. 101 of 7 November set out the position regarding the tender process leading to the award of the contract in question. However, my Department has now been informed by the relevant Education and Training Board that the information provided in that reply, in fact, related to a tender process advertised in February 2018 rather than the date referred to by the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Fees (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: In general, with regard to payment of non-EU rates of fees, the criteria for eligibility are detailed in the Student Support Act 2011. Section 14 (4) states that for the purposes of the Act , a student is a person who has been resident in the State for at least 3 years out of the previous 5 years. If a student has not been resident in the state for three of the previous five years then they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 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). The specific YEI allocation for Ireland of €68 m (for 2014 and 2015) is matched by equal amounts from our ESF allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: Skillnets Ltd, established in 1999, is an enterprise-led body funded through the National Training Fund (NTF) to provide companies with new opportunities to develop relevant, effective answers to their training and development needs. It operates with enterprise and co-funds training networks in a range of sectors and/or regions throughout the country. The Training Networks Programme (TNP)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (27 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: Apprenticeships currently lead to qualifications at levels 5 to 9 of the National Framework of Qualifications so span further and higher education.   Both the Higher Education Authority and the Technological Higher Education Association are represented on the Apprenticeship Council and on the National Apprenticeship Advisory Committee (NAAC) which advises the board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications Data (28 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (28 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: In September 2018, SOLAS engaged with the sixteen Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to undertake a review of contractor training expenditures within the period 2013 – 2018. The ETBs were requested to provide information on course provision, commencing 2016 through to 2017, and thereafter compare to similar course provision in 2018 [post OGP framework agreement] of which there are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: This Government is committed to the expansion of the apprenticeship model into new sectors of the economy.  The Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020 sets out a series of detailed actions and annual targets leading to a cumulative 50,000 learner registering on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes over the period.  This represents a more...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Bodies Membership (4 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: Ireland is in discussions with CERN regarding our potential membership, in particular in relation to the relevant costs and benefits of associate membership as distinct from full membership. In July 2018, I and officials from the Department met with the Head of Associate Member and Non-Member State Relations of CERN to further discuss Ireland’s potential membership of CERN, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (4 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million km annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: Apprenticeship is a demand driven educational and training programme, which aims to develop the skills of an apprentice in order to meet the needs of industry and the labour market. Consequently, the number of apprentices being registered is determined by employers within each sector. My Department is committed to supporting the increased registration of apprentices and the expansion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unified Patent Court (4 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: The Programme for a Partnership Government referred to the holding of a number of referenda, including one on Ireland’s participation in the International Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC). The timing of holding referenda is a matter for Government. To come into effect, the UPC Agreement must be ratified by a minimum of 13 participating States, which must include France,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (5 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: The EGF Managing Authority in the Department of Education and Skills is monitoring developments following the recent announcement by Bord na Móna and is assessing the potential for an EGF application in consultation with the European Commission. The EGF is an EU co-funding instrument to assist workers made redundant as a result of globalisation or due to the global financial and economic...