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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (17 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (17 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: SOLAS distributes further education and training (FET) grants to the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) through a strategic funding process covering all of their further education and training programmes, including adult literacy. The ETBs annually bid for funding, in line with their individual three-year strategic performance agreement with SOLAS. The funding process is governed by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Places (17 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: Officials in my Department have made enquiries with Kerry Education and Training Board (KETB) in relation to this matter. I understand from KETB that due to the very high demand and learner requirements for this course, an application screening and interview process is required in the selection procedure. There are only 14 places available in each instance of the course and there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (17 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (17 Sep 2019)

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 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: I thank the Deputy. I have asked the Department to deal with the query concerning her area. The school transport scheme is a significant operation. It is managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. We are moving 117,500 children twice a day all over the country, including over 13,000 children with special needs. There are 5,000 vehicles in use per day, for primary and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: On the issue of seeing spaces on buses, about 9% or 10% of people who pay for school transport do not take it up. It is very difficult to deal with that. If people pay for it, they may feel they will take a chance on driving their kids to school anyway. We have taken legal views on that and it is not within our remit to return the money to these families and request that they give us back...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Fees (24 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. In the 2018/19 school year there were 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (24 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 to 192, inclusive, together. School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. In the 2018/19 school year there were 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...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (24 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: I thank the Senator for raising this very important matter and I hope the answer I provide today will be sufficient. I wish to apologise on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, who, at the last minute, was unable to attend today. Again, I thank Senator Clifford-Lee for raising the matter and am happy to clarify the position in respect of the delivery of permanent...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (24 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: I do not have an answer to the Senator's first question, but I will speak to the Department as soon as I leave and ensure that officials reply to her. With regard to the site acquisition process, all I know is that it is currently being advanced. I am informed that it is at an advanced stage and that the Department has accepted the necessity to deliver this building as soon as possible....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport Provision (25 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: I thank Deputy O'Keeffe for raising this matter today and for his kind opening remarks. Before I address the specific issue, I will provide Members with an outline of the extent of the school transport service. The purpose of the Department's school transport scheme is, having regard to available resources and finance, to support the transport to and from school, particularly in rural...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport Provision (25 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: The Deputy made a number of points, including advertising the scheme. I have spoken to the Department and Bus Éireann and I have often spoken to school principals. We have a website and we contact all of the schools to tell them when the application process is beginning and when people need to apply. The Deputy asked about extra school buses. If I had my way, all concessionary...