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

John Halligan: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy McHugh, I thank the Deputies for raising this important issue. Deputy Stanley is right that they should be unionised. I agree that all workers should be unionised. The staff in my office are all unionised. I ask them to do this when I employ them. I recognise the very important work done by these and other support staff in the running of schools. I have...

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

John Halligan: As I was about to say earlier, officials from the Department met Fórsa representatives last week. Representatives of management bodies representing the employers, schools impacted on by the action, were also in attendance at the meeting, the purpose of which was to explore further the details of the pay claim as presented by Fórsa and the nature of the industrial action. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification (25 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: Officials in my department have been in contact with SOLAS, which manages the National Apprenticeship System in Ireland, in connection with this issue. The electrical apprenticeship involves 7 training phases and according to SOLAS records, the person in question has completed requirements for his apprenticeship for Phases 1 through to 6. To complete his apprenticeship he is required to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (26 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 Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (26 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is a €500 million fund established under Project Ireland 2040 and forms a key part in the delivery of the Pillar 1 goal of Future Jobs Ireland to embrace innovation and technological change. The DTIF has been established under the responsibility of my Department with Enterprise Ireland providing administrative support. Given the unique...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (26 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: The purpose of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is to see investment in the development and deployment of disruptive innovative technologies, on a commercial basis, targeted at tackling national and global challenges. It is a significant investment by this Government in research, development and innovation in Ireland with an allocation of €500 million in the period to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Development Plan Data (26 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: Tyndall National Institute (TNI) is a leading research centre in integrated ICT (Information and Communications Technology) hardware and systems. The institute was established in 2004 under an agreement between the then Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and University College Cork. My Department continues to provide core funding for TNI (€5.5m in 2019) which it uses to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (1 Oct 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 Data (1 Oct 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 Data (1 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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 Administration (1 Oct 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 (1 Oct 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 (1 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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 (1 Oct 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...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Schemes (1 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, sends his apologies for not being here today. The aligned and shared vision of the national planning framework, in tandem with the national development plan, represents a joined-up planning and investment strategy for Ireland's future growth and development,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Schemes (1 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Senator mentioned the effect of the split incentive, whereby the economic benefits of reducing energy levels did not accrue to the party who was achieving the savings. A landlord is not incentivised to upgrade a rental property to make it more energy efficient because he or she does not gain a direct benefit. I agree that that is a problem.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Schemes (1 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: It is the tenant who benefits through cheaper energy bills and having a warmer home. This is reflected across Europe. I know that the group will be meeting in the next couple of weeks. I do not have the figure for or a layout of the cost in the coming years, but let me emphasise that more than €135 million, a substantial sum, has been provided for expenditure in the period 2013 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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 (2 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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 (2 Oct 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...