Results 741-760 of 3,682 for speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: From the commencement of the 2012/13 school year, the use of the Catchment Boundary Area (CB) System as a means of determining eligibility will cease for all pupils newly entering post primary school. This means that from the 2012/13 school year, school transport eligibility for all pupils newly entering a post primary school will be determined by reference to the distance they reside from...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport scheme pupils are eligible for school transport if they reside 3.2 kilometres or more from and are attending their nearest national school, having regard to ethos and language. Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Schemes on behalf of my Department, has advised that not all the pupils referred to by the Deputy in the details...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (22 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I understand from FÁS that the person in question is recorded on the FÁS Apprenticeship Database as a non-active apprenticeship. However, I understand that he has successfully completed Phase 2 off-the-job training and successfully completed Phase 4 off-the-job training on 11th June 2011, when he was redundant. The person should contact his Senior Training Adviser to progress his...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (22 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: 1A number of measures, for which EGF co-financing assistance is being sought for almost 9,000 workers made redundant in the NACE 41 Construction of Buildings, NACE 43 Specialised Construction Activities and NACE 71 Architectural Services construction sub-sectors between 1 July 2009 and 31 March 2010, have been, and continue to be, provided by relevant service providers. Interventions being...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (22 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: 1I understand from FÁS that the person in question is recorded on the FÁS Apprenticeship Database as a non active apprenticeship. However, I also understand that this person has successfully completed Phase 2 off-the-job training and has successfully completed Phase 4 off-the-job training on 11th June 2011, when he was redundant. The person should contact his Senior Training Adviser to...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: 1One of the Department's objectives is to provide a reasonable level of transport service for eligible pupils to and from school. Bus Eireann, which manages school transport services on behalf of the Department, is responsible for the establishment, contracting and operation of those services in an efficient and cost-effective manner. The school transport service which was in place for the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: 1Under the terms of my Department's School Transport scheme, a pupil with special educational needs is eligible for school transport if he or she is attending the nearest recognised mainstream school, special class, special school or a unit, that is or can be resourced to meet the child's special educational needs under Department of Education and Skills criteria. My Department was recently...

Building Regulations (23 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I will take this issue on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Dublin City Council is the designated authority with powers to enforce the statutory requirements arising under the Fire Safety Act, the Building Control Acts and the Planning and Development Acts, all of which are at issue in relation to Priory Hall. The council is also the designated...

Building Regulations (23 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: On Deputy Ellis's suggestion that the Minister meet the residents to be made aware of the issues that have arisen in Priory Hall, I assure him he is more than aware of all of the problems arising at Priory Hall. The Department will liaise with the city council on an ongoing basis to ensure the optimum outcome for the households concerned and to facilitate as quickly as possible a return to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (23 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am aware of the butchery training proposal in question. FÁS and the National Butchery Academy (NBA) are currently finalising details with regard to a proposed Pilot Butchery Skills Programme to be run by the National Butchery Academy on behalf of FÁS. A number of meat industry companies have endorsed this pilot programme. FÁS understands that the meat company in question supports this...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (23 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I understand from FÁS that the person in question is an Apprentice Brick and Stonelayer who has availed of the Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme and that he requires 12 weeks on Phase 7 and a further 11 weeks on other on-the-job phases to meet the requirements for certification. On completion of Phase 7, he would then be eligible to avail of the Competency Determination Mechanism to...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: They want to forget to history over there all right.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government recently announced that the Decentralisation Programme which was introduced in 2003 should be cancelled in the light of the budgetary and staffing outlook. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will review, in liaison with the OPW and the relevant Departments, the viability and future prospects of a number of the projects including the transfer of the FÁS...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department has confirmed that a bus driver must be a minimum of twenty-one years to hold a licence to drive a bus by law. When recruiting bus drivers Bus Éireann also normally requires the applicant to have a minimum of at least two years driving experience. The upper age limit for driving a school bus for Bus...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (24 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: On the basis of the information currently available to me, the scale of the redundancy event in question does not appear to meet the minimum criteria prescribed under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) Regulations to enable an application for co-financing assistance to be made by the Department either on a company specific or on a sectoral basis. The Department continues to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (24 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I understand from FÁS that the TEFL training course does not qualify for support from FÁS. FÁS did provide the person in question with a form on 17 May 2011 to be completed by the relevant Training Provider giving information on the programme in question. This form was returned to FÁS on 13 July 2011. I also understand from FÁS that at no time did FÁS give a commitment to the person...

Sport and Recreational Development (29 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am replying on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, who is the chair of the London 2012 co-ordinating group. As the Minister of State is in Brussels for a meeting of European sports ministers today, he cannot respond to the Deputy in person. The high level London 2012 co-ordinating group, which was established in 2009, is looking at opportunities for Ireland across the sports,...

Sport and Recreational Development (29 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I do not know if Foster and Allen were involved in the production of the CD but I would not like Deputy Dooley to get the impression this is the sole action of the co-ordinating group. Enterprise Ireland secured more than €300 million worth of contracts, a substantial outcome. There is considerable communication between the Minister and embassies abroad in selling Ireland as a...

Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this topical issue on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter, as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and to clarify the current position in regard to Coosan national school, County Westmeath. The school authority...

Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I concur wholeheartedly with the Deputy's assessment of the resources spent on prefabricated units across the school network. The Minister is undertaking a major programme of construction which will, hopefully, negate the need to rent such units in the future. Towards the end of the Government's term, there will be a significant reduction in the number of prefabricated units throughout the...