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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Niall Collins: SafePass training is delivered by private training organisations which have been approved by SOLAS to deliver training. Course fees are determined by these Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) and the Department and SOLAS have no role in the setting of fees for SafePass courses or in influencing pricing structure within the market place. As such, the prices of courses are not monitored on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a theory test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25232/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (13 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will make contact with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 20 April, if a local authority can write off and or write down the outstanding equity balance on a shared ownership agreement in circumstances of financial hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25322/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a free travel pass due to their low income and the ongoing expense of attending frequent necessary medical appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if financial support can be given to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25698/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an initiative (details supplied) will receive support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) in view of recent building materials price increases; if further consideration will be given to the request.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 439. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or body a person would contact to claim an Army pension after the death of a soldier who died when retired and not while serving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that paid for school transport for the term from Christmas to Easter 2021 will receive a refund given the service was never provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 607 and 608 together. The Youthreach programme is a national programme of education and training for early school leavers. The programme is delivered in two settings, Youthreach Centres and Community Training Centres (CTCs).  The Youthreach programme provides two years integrated education, training and work experience for unemployed early...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: The Youthreach programme is a national programme of education and training for early school leavers. The programme is delivered in two settings, Youthreach Centres and Community Training Centres (CTCs). The Youthreach programme provides two years integrated education, training and work experience for unemployed early school leavers without any qualifications or vocational training,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (18 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding microchipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26496/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (19 May 2021)

Niall Collins: 134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if clarity will be provided in relation to a document (details supplied) regarding earnings in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26852/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (20 May 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for the question. Local training initiatives, LTIs, are training and work experience programmes carried out in partnership with community and voluntary organisations. They provide a basis for the 16 education and training boards, ETBs, to contract with community bodies to provide a service initiative in a locality where there are identified community needs. Training...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (20 May 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank Deputy Durkan for his supplementary question. I do not have the county-by-county analysis which the Deputy is requesting, but we can ask for that and have the information furnished to him. Turning to the percentage of people who complete their courses, and despite the impact of Covid-19, as I mentioned in my initial reply, the numbers who completed or partially completed their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (20 May 2021)

Niall Collins: Our Department continually liaises with the higher education authority and the ETBs in relation to the workings and runnings of our local training initiatives. As I stated in my earlier contribution, these initiatives are a recognition of local needs and they are a response to local needs. In the main, local training providers are also used to deliver them, so they are local collaborations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Niall Collins: The PLC Pathways to Apprenticeship Programme aims to provide opportunities for learners to gain experience in areas where they are considering undertaking an apprenticeship. In general, programmes run for between 8 and 12 months and lead to qualifications at QQI level 5. Initial planning data indicates that over 800 learners will participate in pre-apprenticeship programmes in 2021. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 111, 138 and 150 together. Of the 60 apprenticeship programmes, 25 are craft apprenticeships with a standardised seven phase programme of on-the-job and off-the-job training. Off-the-job training is delivered in phases 2, 4 and 6 of a craft apprenticeship. COVID-19 related suspension of face to face training in Training Centres (Phase 2),...