Results 421-440 of 4,869 for speaker:Seán Haughey

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department, has advised that the school transport service for the school referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, was restored on Tuesday 27th March 2007.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Transport Liaison Officer for the relevant county recently confirmed to my Department that the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied has been sanctioned for concessionary fare-paying transport. The family should liaise with the local Bus Éireann office regarding the availability of spare seating on the bus.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: The parent of the student referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy should liaise, in the first instance, with the local Bus Éireann office for the purpose of establishing their eligibility for school transport.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: School transport for children referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied is generally provided to the school nearest to the pupil's residence in which resources can or may already have been allocated to support the child's educational needs.

Written Answers — Social Inclusion: Social Inclusion (3 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: The National Development Plan 2007-2013 introduces an active case management approach that will support those on long term social welfare into education, training and employment. The target is to support 50,000 such people, including lone parents and the long term unemployed, with an overall aim of reducing by 20% the number of those whose total income is derived from long term social welfare...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme only eligible children qualify for free transport. In order to be eligible, children must live at least 3.2 kilometres from, and be attending, their nearest national school. According to the information available to my Department, the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied is not eligible for free transport on distance...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: In the region of 3,600 vehicles are used to transport children to primary and post-primary schools each day under the school transport scheme. About 700 of these vehicles are used by Bus Éireann. To ensure that school buses are utilised as fully as possible Bus Éireann design the network so that the majority of school buses are coordinated to operate more than one bus trip, each morning...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: School Transport Services provided under the School Transport Scheme are administered, on behalf of my Department, by Bus Éireann. If a parent, in County Carlow, wishes to make an enquiry or has a concern in relation to the operation of a school bus service they should, in the first instance, contact the Area Manager, Bus Éireann, Waterford who has responsibility for services in the Carlow...

Insurance Industry. (5 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: On behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who cannot be here, I am pleased to respond to the matter raised by the Deputy. The allegations to which the Deputy refers emerged in a newspaper article last weekend. Lest there be any doubt about it, these allegations are being taken most seriously. The Tánaiste regards the situation as a matter of the utmost...

Youth Services. (5 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: I welcome the opportunity to comment on youth work programmes and services in County Mayo and in the Ballinrobe area, in particular, and I thank Deputy Cowley for raising this issue. One of my areas of responsibility within the Department of Education and Science is the support and development of the youth work sector in Ireland. The overall purpose of the youth work service in Ireland is...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (5 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: There are three (3) special projects for youth in County Louth currently in receipt of ongoing grant in aid funding under my Department's Special Projects for Youth Scheme. Details of these projects are outlined here in tabular form. Project Grant € 1. Coxes Demesne Community Youth Project, Dundalk 102,043 2. Southside Community Youth Project, Drogheda 102,043 3. Craobh Rua...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (5 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Youth Affairs Section of my Department provides grant-in-aid assistance to support the operation of 32 Youth Information Centres throughout the country whose purpose is to provide young people with information on a wide range of issues in a suitably conducive atmosphere. There are no Youth Information Centres in Counties Leitrim, Longford, Cavan, Meath, Louth, Offaly, Laois and Carlow....

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (5 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: Two reviews, viz. a Review of Youth Information Provision and a Review of Funding for the Youth Work Sector have recently been completed by external consultants on behalf of my Department. With regard to the Youth Information review, the youth information steering group (a sub-committee of the National Youth Work Advisory Committee (NYWAC)) are at present reviewing the final document to...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (5 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: The Youth Affairs Section of my Department has received an application for funding on behalf of the project in question. This application was submitted for consideration in the 2007 round of grants under my Department's Special Projects for Youth Scheme. Funding allocations for 2007 are currently being examined by my Department and consideration will be given to this application in light of...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (5 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: Adult Literacy and Basic Education are my top priority in Adult Education. The Adult Literacy services are funded by my Department through annual grants to the Vocational Education Committees, which deliver the services locally. The disbursement of funds is a matter for each VEC, which, subject to its budget, decides the nature and extent of the Adult Literacy services to be provided in its...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 795 and 918 to 920, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that the school transport service provided for the pupils referred to, in the details supplied, is within my Department's guidelines for the school transport scheme. Bus Éireann operates the school transport service on behalf of my Department. Routes are planned in such a way as to ensure...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: My Department has been informed by the school referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy that the pupil in question continues to avail of a transport service to and from school.

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (24 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: I am aware that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) carried out an international literacy survey of adults aged 16–64 in 1994/95. Findings indicated that approximately half a million people, 25% of Irish adults in that age-group, were at the lowest level (Level One), indicating a reading ability no higher than that of an average 12-year old. Adult literacy is...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: A circular outlining the sick pay arrangements for escorts employed by school boards of management will issue to school authorities in the near future.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Apr 2007)

Seán Haughey: One of the main objectives of the School Transport Scheme is to provide a basic level of service for children who live long distances from school and who might otherwise experience difficulty in attending regularly. In general, primary school transport routes are planned so that, as far as possible, no eligible child will have more than 2.4 kilometres to travel to a pick-up point. The pupil...