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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (2 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: As part of Budget 2018, the NTF levy was increased by 0.1 per cent in 2018 from 0.7 per cent to 0.8 per cent – providing over €47m (net) of additional investment in the Higher and Further and Training Education Sectors.  On foot of decisions taken in Budget 2019, the levy increased to 0.9 per cent in 2019 providing €69 million (net) of additional investment in higher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: In order to be eligible to undertake an apprenticeship an applicant must be employed by a SOLAS approved employer and be at least 16 years of age.  In the case of craft apprenticeships, throughout the on-the-job training phases apprentices are paid the normal apprentice wage rate by their employer.  The rates of pay for qualified craft workers are agreed between employer bodies and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Vouchers Initiative (3 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Initiative was introduced in 2007 in order to drive an on-going innovation culture shift within small enterprise by promoting and encouraging knowledge transfer between Ireland’s public knowledge providers and the small business community and creating greater synergies between the two.  Under the initiative, vouchers worth €5,000...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (9 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. Bus Éireann has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 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: School Transport Eligibility (9 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. Under the terms of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (9 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The matter of regularisation of the terms and conditions of Adult Education Tutors is currently subject to discussions under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission so it would be inappropriate to comment on this matter at this time. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (10 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. Under the terms of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (10 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The level of detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. On an annual basis, Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 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: School Transport Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose of the Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The pension increase referred to by the Deputy is provided for under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/2018.  It should be noted that the pension increase policy in respect of the basic pay increases over the period 2018–2020 have been agreed as part of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018–2020 (PSSA) and legislated for under the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 to 175, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statements. Formal forecasts and targets are developed for apprenticeship registrations. However, formal forecasts are not produced for the total apprenticeship population at any specific date. The actual apprenticeship population by area as at 31 March 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The latest forecast produced by the Skills and Labour Market Research Unit (SLMRU) for SOLAS was carried out in December 2018 in respect of craft apprenticeship registrations from 2018 to 2022. The SLMRU has, to date, not conducted forecasts for consortia led apprenticeships.  Unlike in the craft sectors, there is not yet a clear and developed relationship...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: Based on projected apprenticeship provision in higher education institutions, apprentices or their employers will make up to €6.6 million in Annual Student Contributions (ASC) in 2019. If the arrangement in place prior to Budget 2014 arrangement were to be reinstated, where the apprentices paid the proportion of the ASC deemed to relate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Comhfhreagras Rannach (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: Obríocht shuntasach is ea Iompar Scoile atá á bhainistiú ag Bus Éireann thar ceann na Roinne. I láthair na huaire iompraítear breis is 117,500 leanbh lena n-áirítear breis is 13,000 leanbh ag a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta oideachais, i mbreis is 5,000 feithicil go laethúil chuig bunscoileanna agus iarbhunscoileanna ar fud na tíre agus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (16 Apr 2019)

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 in the sector.  As part of the ongoing review of apprenticeship in Ireland SOLAS has conducted standards...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Vouchers Initiative (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Initiative was introduced in 2007 in order to drive an on-going innovation culture shift within small enterprise by promoting and encouraging knowledge transfer between Ireland’s public knowledge providers and the small/medium business community and creating greater synergies between the two.  Under the initiative, vouchers worth...