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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 May 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are 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 (27 May 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are 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: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (27 May 2020)

John Halligan: Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have an agreed position on determining and implementing reasonable alternative methods of assessment for their learners, while ensuring that learning outcomes can continue to be assessed and approved by academic governance. Each ETB has developed more detailed contingency plans at provider level, submitted to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 May 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141, 145, 176, 229, 231, 251, 252, 292 and 311 together. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, construction workers in Ireland are legally bound to hold a valid Safe Pass Registration Card to access construction site. The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation recently amended these regulations to extend...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 219 together. School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: Circular 23 /2020 was issued by my Department in March 2020 to guide learner payments during the period of restrictions as a result of the pandemic. While training allowances continue to be paid to learners until they can complete their course, additional payments that assist in the cost of actual attendance on training courses and / or work experience such as travel and meals...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: SOLAS is actively engaged with the education and training providers to put in place alternative learning and assessment solutions for apprentices which safeguard learner safety in the current climate as well as maintaining the quality and integrity of the apprenticeship programme.  As part of this work, it is intended that the majority of craft apprentices who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have an agreed position on determining and implementing reasonable alternative methods of assessment for their learners, while ensuring that learning outcomes can continue to be assessed and approved by academic governance. Each ETB has developed more detailed contingency plans at provider level, submitted to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI),...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 I would like to reiterate that the Department of Education and Skills, SOLAS and the education and training providers are actively working to put in place alternative learning and assessment solutions for apprentices including practical assessments while maintaining the quality and integrity of the apprenticeship programme.  Assessments for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97, 115, 128, 138, 156, 176 and 196 together. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, construction workers in Ireland are legally bound to hold a valid Safe Pass Registration Card to work on site. The only course currently recognised as an equivalent to the SOLAS Safe Pass course is the Construction Skills Register...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: Further Education and Training providers have made proposals for the undertaking of practical assessment activity in the near future. These proposals are being considered by my Department and SOLAS, with appropriate public health advice.Providers will communicate arrangements to any learners affected as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: There was a total of 212 apprentices registered by employers with an address in County Kildare in 2018, 262 in 2019 and 100 to date in 2020. The breakdown of these by sector is set out in the following table. Apprentices registered by Employers with address in County Kildare in 2018, 2019 and 2020 ytd Trade 2018 2019 2020 ytd Accounting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Jun 2020)

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 current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are 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 (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...