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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Enterprise Plans (9 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Government has made a commitment that it will support regional airports, particularly Shannon Airport. Waterford Airport, which is smaller than Shannon Airport, is receiving €5 million in support under the 2040 plan essentially because of the need for regional development.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Enterprise Plans (9 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Deputy can rest assured that the Government will continue to support Shannon Airport.

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

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (9 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: National Training Fund (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Since 2017 the National Training Fund (NTF) has been deployed to support close-to-labour-market skills programmes in areas of identified skills needs through support for enterprise-focused higher education programmes.   The use of the NTF to fund priority skills-focused programmes in higher education is fully consistent with the detailed recommendations of the Independent Review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  The purpose of the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (15 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 of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéim Iompair Scoile (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Oibríocht thábhachtach is ea Iompar Scoile atá á bainistiú ag Bus Éireann thar ceann na Roinne. Is é is cuspóir do Scéim Iompair Scoile de chuid mo Roinne, le haird chuí ar na hacmhainní atá ar fáil, ná tacú le hiompar leanaí a chónaíonn i bhfad ón scoil is gaire dóibh chuig an scoil agus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Skillnet Ireland has funded the Restaurant and Hospitality Skillnet of which the contracting and promoting organisation is the Restaurants Association of Ireland. Skillnet Ireland do not fund the Restaurant Association of Ireland directly. The Skillnet was established in 2017 in response to acute skills shortages within the sector, as highlighted within the EGFSN Report “Assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (16 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 Eligibility (16 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: Skills Development (16 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Skillnet Ireland is funded by my Department through the National Training Fund (NTF) to act as an enterprise-led support body dedicated to the promotion and facilitation of enterprise training and workforce development as key elements in sustaining national competitiveness.  Its primary role is to increase participation in enterprise training by companies to upskill the workforce and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability (16 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Further Education and Training (FET) sector provides a broad range of provision at levels 1 to 6 of the National Framework of Qualifications, to meet the needs of over 300,000 learners. The Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programme is the largest of the full time FET programmes with over 30,000 PLC places available annually.  PLC provision is planned at a national level by SOLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Apprenticeship training is funded from the National Training Fund (NTF) which is resourced by a levy on reckonabe employment.  There has been substantial  increased investment from the NTF in training those in employment through programmes such as apprenticeship in recent years.  The 2019 NTF allocation for apprenticeship training is €142m which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (17 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 Administration (17 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: Further Education and Training Programmes Funding (17 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Budget 2020 provided a Capital allocation in higher and further education including PPPs of €174m for the Higher Education, Further Education and Training, and Research sectors.  This will support infrastructure investments to expand student places and upgrade existing infrastructure. €18m of this figure is provided for Further Education and Training (FET). ...

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

John Halligan: Skillnet Ireland is funded by my Department through the National Training Fund (NTF) to act as an enterprise-led support body dedicated to the promotion and facilitation of enterprise training and workforce development as key elements in sustaining national competitiveness.  Its primary role is to increase participation in enterprise training by companies to upskill the workforce and...

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

John Halligan: Cork Education and Training Board (CETB) currently provides two thousand ‘co-operation hours' annually to the Sacred Heart House located in the Bessborough Centre in Cork.   The co-operation hours scheme is a longstanding arrangement under which Education and Training Boards (ETBs) provide teaching hours for settings run by a range of...