Results 181-200 of 7,366 for speaker:Niall Collins in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: My officials are making further enquiries in relation to this matter and a reply will issue to the Deputy when these enquiries are complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: I can confirm to the Deputy that a meeting with my Department has already been offered and that my officials are awaiting receipt of the details of the proposed attendees in order to make the necessary arrangements for the meeting to take place.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: My officials are compiling the information sought, which will be forwarded to the Deputy when available.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Communications (11 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: 199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the relevant official from his Department can contact a person (details supplied) immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: 542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Qualifications (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: Officials in my Department have liaised with SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority for the latest data on childcare courses. Currently, there are 63 childcare focused courses being offered across the country, with 19 being offered in Education and Training Boards and a further 44 in Higher Education Institutions. A full list of these courses and course references is attached. Important...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: In the Further Education and Training (FET) sector, there is provision available in relation to the Irish Language. This provision is mainly free or heavily subsidised, and may be available to those in receipt of social welfare payments. This includes courses such as Irish for Beginners, Irish for Parents, Conversational Irish, Irish Language and Culture, etc. The Education and Training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is dealing with any applications from second-level schools in Tallaght for additional autism classroom accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1315 of 11 September 2023, if he will advise on additional correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Within the FET Sector, the Fund for Students with a Disability (FSD) is currently available to students pursuing PLC courses. The recently published the 2023 Annual Options Paper on the cost of higher education includes an option to extend the FSD across the Further Education and Training Sector. A costing of €5m has been estimated for this proposal which would be complemented by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Pre-Apprenticeship programmes are offered by Education and Training Boards (ETBs). While this is under the funding and strategic direction of SOLAS, the ETBs decide on the level and nature of pre-apprenticeship programmes, which is based on learner demand. In 2019 a three-year open call was issued for pre-apprenticeship programmes which commenced in 2020. Learner enrolments on these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: The Digital Inclusion Roadmap brings together work across Government to achieve digital inclusion through better skills, access and infrastructure. My Department's role in respect of the Roadmap is ensuring that adults have basic digital skills, including skills to use the internet for older people, should they wish to do so. The Adult Literacy for Life, or ALL Strategy is a crucial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise the procedure for a student who is unable to locate a secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: There are over 2,800 tutors employed across the 16 ETBs who are involved in delivering key programmes to learners within the Further Education and Training sector. A range of industrial relations issues regarding adult education tutors have been under discussion for a number of years and progress has been made in resolving key issues, including the introduction of a consistent formula for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Following discussions between the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, the Department of Education, which retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector, and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform a proposal in response to the recommendation of the Labour Court regarding Adult Education Tutors was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 5 July 2023, if she can provide an update (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: 627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application (details supplied) will be processed; the reason that this process takes so long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39838/23]