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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (17 Nov 2015)

Damien English: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for school transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kilometres from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. The child in question is not attending her nearest school and is therefore not eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Damien English: Under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme, an eligible child for whom no transport service is available may, following an application for transport within the prescribed time limits, receive a Remote Area Grant towards the cost of private transport arrangements. The family in question are eligible for a grant to a pick up point in the morning and a grant from school to home...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (18 Nov 2015)

Damien English: The child referred to by the Deputy is eligible for school transport under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs. Bus Éireann is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes and endeavours, within available resources, to ensure that each eligible child has a reasonable level of school transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Damien English: In general, children with special educational needs are eligible for school transport if they are attending the nearest recognised mainstream school or unit that is or can be resourced, to meet their special educational needs under Department of Education and Skills' criteria. Eligibility is determined following consultation with the National Council for Special Education through its...

Topical Issue Debate: School Transport Eligibility (24 Nov 2015)

Damien English: I thank Deputy Healy for raising the matter. The Department of Education and Skills provides for the education of children with special educational needs through a number of support mechanisms and placement options depending on the child's assessed needs. In general, education provision for children with special educational needs is made in special schools, special classes attached to...

Topical Issue Debate: School Transport Eligibility (24 Nov 2015)

Damien English: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. It is one about which the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, has also spoken. It is an issue that has arisen in a number of places and not just in Tipperary, which I think Deputy Healy acknowledges. The solution regarding a combination of services provided through the Department of Education and Skills and the Department and Health is not really...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (24 Nov 2015)

Damien English: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. The child in question is not eligible for school transport as she is not attending her nearest school. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (24 Nov 2015)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 512 and 514 to 516, inclusive, together. The application for co-funded support under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in the case of redundancies at Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland (LTAI) targets up to 250 workers and up to 200 young persons under the age of 25 not in employment, education or training (NEET persons). The EGF...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (24 Nov 2015)

Damien English: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the application submitted for co-funded support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of workers affected by redundancies at PWA International, Rathcoole, Co Dublin. This application was submitted on 19th June 2015 and is in respect of 108 redundant workers and an equal number of young persons under the age of 25 not in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (24 Nov 2015)

Damien English: Copies of the approved Andersen Ireland and Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland EGF applications are being uploaded to the dedicated website www.egf.ie and a copy of the PWA International EGF application, which is currently awaiting approval by the European Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, will be published following its approval.

Other Questions: Export Controls (26 Nov 2015)

Damien English: As the Deputy notes, my Department issued 680 individual dual-use licences during 2014. Dual-use items are controlled pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009, which set up a community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items. Of these 680 licences, 660 were issued for commercial purposes. Twenty were issued in respect of exports to...

Other Questions: Export Controls (26 Nov 2015)

Damien English: To give the Deputy a bit of background, the key consideration in dealing with all export licence applications is to establish whether there are concerns with either the end user or the proposed end use. This process may include consultation with other controlled export authorities both within and outside the EU. Through these consultations, my Department has access to a wide range of...

Other Questions: Export Controls (26 Nov 2015)

Damien English: If it is any help to the Deputy, there is also the Council common position, which sets out the eight criteria under which we make those judgments. I will send that on to the Deputy as part of her answer so that she can analyse it and we can have a further debate on it. Our analysis is informed by an EU common ground position. We adhere to all the criteria, which I think would cover all the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (26 Nov 2015)

Damien English: The Report of the Copyright Review Committee entitled “Modernising Copyright” was published in October 2013. The Committee was tasked with examining the Irish copyright framework to identify any areas that might be considered to create barriers to innovation and, to recommend a resolution to any problems identified in terms of how any barriers identified might be overcome. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (2 Dec 2015)

Damien English: The National Training Fund (NTF) was established in 2000 to raise the skills of those in employment and to provide training to those who wish to acquire skills to take up employment. It is also used to provide information in relation to existing, or likely future, requirements for skills in the economy. NTF income includes National Training Levy receipts, European Social Fund refunds and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (2 Dec 2015)

Damien English: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. I understand that there are a number of children who wish to avail of transport to the school in question...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (3 Dec 2015)

Damien English: The Deputy will be aware that school transport is a very significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on the Department's behalf. In the region of 112,500 children, including almost 10,000 children with special educational needs, are transported to school on a daily basis throughout the country. The latest information sought by the Deputy in relation to pupil numbers, vehicles and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (3 Dec 2015)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 and 242 together. 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. Changes to my Department's School Transport Scheme were announced on the 7 December 2010, as part of measures announced in Budget 2011, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Damien English: The purpose of the School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children with special educational needs arising from a diagnosed disability. Under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs children are eligible for transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Fees (8 Dec 2015)

Damien English: An Annual Student Contribution is levied on students attending Institutes of Technology. This contribution has been levied by Institutes of Technology in respect of apprentices since 2004, with FÁS/SOLAS paying 70% of the contribution and apprentices themselves paying the remainder. As part of Budget 2014, SOLAS ceased making this payment and the apprentices pay the Annual Student...