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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (22 May 2019)

John Halligan: My Department has no role in relation to self-financing evening courses delivered by Education and Training Boards (ETBs).  However, officials have made enquiries about the matter and I understand from Kerry ETB have confirmed that the night classes in Art in Colaiste Gleann Lí on Mondays and Tuesday evenings have finished for the term as scheduled at the end of March and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (28 May 2019)

John Halligan: Under the Student Grant Scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding, provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution and meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those which relate to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. Under the scheme, students must be attending approved full-time courses. Part-time courses are not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2019)

John Halligan: An Annual Student Contribution (ASC) is levied on all students attending Institutes of Technology (IoTs). Previously this ASC was paid by FÁS/SOLAS with apprentices themselves paying the part of the contribution relating to examination fees. As part of Budget 2014, SOLAS ceased making payments to IoTs and apprentices pay the full pro rata ASC. The amount charged to apprentices is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2019)

John Halligan: The total estimated cost per apprentice in craft apprenticeships is €6,900. There were 904 apprencties registered on the new consortia led apprenticeships at the end of 2018, which is not sufficient as yet to derive a reliable average cost, however this will be kept under review as greater numbers come on stream. Consequently, the estimated cost of providing an additional one...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Management (28 May 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. IDA Ireland is authorised by my Department to provide a range of measures and financial supports to companies, including those involved in the commercialisation of intellectual property. These supports include employment, capital, research and development, environmental and training grants. These grants remain an important means of...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (29 May 2019)

John Halligan: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2019)

John Halligan: I thank all Members who contributed to this debate. In November in 2016, agreement was reached at the Labour Court to resolve a potentially serious industrial relations dispute in the Garda Síochána. As part of the resolution, the Government committed to provide the Garda representative associations with access to services of the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (29 May 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: SOLAS Expenditure (11 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: The funding allocation from SOLAS to Education and Training Boards (ETBs) supports the delivery of key functions within the further education and training sector. The provision enables the management, administration, coordination and delivery of training which is located within the overall geographical area of an ETB.  Former SOLAS training centres were transferred to 11...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (11 Jun 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 km annually. Under the terms of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (11 Jun 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 the School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (11 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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. A decision regarding the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Refurbishment (11 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy McHugh, I thank the Senator for raising this very important issue, which gives me the opportunity to outline to the House the Department's plans for upgrading older schools. As he is aware, the Department will be investing €8.4 billion in school buildings over the lifetime of Project Ireland 2040. The latter will give rise to a 70% increase in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Refurbishment (11 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I agree with the Senator. With the TGDs as a benchmark and with the energy efficiency retrofit pilot scheme already well under way, the Department has demonstrated its commitment to achieving greater energy efficiency. The pilot scheme has already cleared a path for the wider retrofit programme, funded under the national development plan, to follow.That, in itself, has sent out a message to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (11 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: Senator Mulherin may be happy with the answer I will give her today. I thank her for raising the matter. As she may be aware, the Newtownwhite Educate Together national school opened in September 2014 under the patronage divestment process. The process is one of a number of steps taken by the Department of Education and Skills to provide a more diverse range of primary schools to cater for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (11 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I do not have that information to hand but I will revert with it to the Senator in the next couple of days. Having briefly spoken to the Department earlier, I know that it is confident the negotiations will produce a result.I agree with the Senator that dealing with this issue since 2014 is a long time. Given the timeframe of all that has happened, the planning permission process, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (12 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees (12 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: The only centrally determined payment for the Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programme is the €200 PLC participant contribution. This amount is not payable by persons with a medical card, as well as a number of other categories, which means that approximately 60% of PLC participants do not pay the contribution. The estimated cost to reduce the PLC participant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (13 Jun 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...

Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (18 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I am aware of the Deputy's long-held views on and support of the Palestinian cause. The structures to which the Deputy refers were among seven donor-funded humanitarian structures confiscated by the Israeli authorities in October 2018 from two vulnerable Palestinian communities located in area C of the occupied West Bank. The structures were co-funded by the EU and the West Bank Protection...