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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Deputy Donnelly indicated that he had come across some scientists or business people who were afraid to speak their minds. If, at any stage, any of those people would like to meet me, in the strictest confidence, with the Deputy, that will be no problem. If the Deputy wants to meet me afterwards, it would be between ourselves.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Deputy Stephen Donnelly referred to finance for research and development. There is an ambitious target to get €1.25 billion in competitive funding from Horizon 2020. In 2015, Ireland won €251 million in competitive funding from Horizon 2020, including €52 million for SMEs. This performance was on track to achieve the Horizon 2020 target. It looks pretty good....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for 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. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme, has advised that there is a school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Éireann (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: The Deputy will be aware that payments made to Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department are in line with the Summary of Accounting Arrangements relating to the Transport Scheme for Primary and Post-Primary School Children dated 1 January 1975. My Department receives an Annual Statement of Account in respect of the School Transport Scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: The Deputy will be aware that a minimum number of 10 eligible children residing in a distinct locality, as determined by Bus Éireann, is required before consideration may be given to the establishment of a school transport service, provided this can be done within reasonable cost limits. In this regard, Bus Éireann has advised that a sufficient number of children, who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Some €23 million in funding was provided by my Department in 2006 for the provision of adult literacy services. Funding in the region of €30 million was provided by my Department for each of the years 2007 to 2013. At the beginning of 2014 SOLAS took over the allocation of monies for all further education and training programmes, including the literacy service, with funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: The Deputy will be aware that a minimum number of 10 eligible children residing in a distinct locality, as determined by Bus Éireann, is required before consideration may be given to the establishment of a school transport service, provided this can be done within reasonable cost limits. In this regard, Bus Éireann has advised that a sufficient number of children, who are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (21 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered urgently legislating for a moratorium on family home evictions until such time as a reasoned solution to the family housing crisis is formulated by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17236/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (16 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Learners who are in receipt of One Parent Family or Disability payment continue to receive these payments from the Department of Social Protection while participating in certain education and training programmes, including the Local Training Initiative. Learners who were in receipt of Job Seekers Benefit or Job Seekers Allowance receive a training allowance in lieu of their Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Changes to my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme were announced in December 2010 by the then Government as part of measures contained in Budget 2011 and derived from recommendations contained in the Value for Money review of the scheme. The changes announced covered the uniform application of the distance eligibility criterion, the cessation of the Closed/Central School Rule, an...

Other Questions: Research Funding (15 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: I will take it.

Other Questions: Research Funding (15 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: My Department provides Science Foundation Ireland with its annual budget and SFI, in turn, invests in academic research and research teams. The funding generates new knowledge, leading edge technologies and competitive enterprises in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. SFI provides funding across a range of "oriented basic research" through to "applied research"....

Other Questions: Research Funding (15 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: SFI's budget of €167 million in 2016 is already allocated. To break this down, and to respond to the Deputy's question, based on information from higher education research and development, HERD, 50.9% of expenditure this year in the higher education system on research is on basic research and the rest is divided between applied research at 43.4% and experimental research at 5.7%. ...

Other Questions: Research Funding (15 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: I will get that to the Deputy.

Other Questions: Research Funding (15 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: The Deputy's question is very relevant, and I will be very brief in my answer. As I indicated earlier, I contacted Science Foundation Ireland and asked them to meet me within a few weeks so that we can discuss the priorities, the provisional deadline and so on. As I said, any Deputy in the House who is interested in the sciences, research and development and so on will be welcome to come to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: I can assure the Deputy that the safety of children travelling on the school transport service is of paramount importance to my Department and to Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme. The Deputy will be aware that all dedicated school transport buses are now equipped with safety belts and children are required by law to wear these belts. In contrast to the position...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (14 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Under section 11.5 of the Summary of Accounting Arrangements relating to the Transport Scheme for Primary and Post-Primary School Children dated 1 January 1975, it is stated that "the basic charging arrangements for schools transport to continue in force subject to the right of either party to terminate them by giving not less than 12 months notice in writing to this effect. Specific...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (14 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Given the increase in the School Transport Section workload, regrettably, it was not feasible to deal with the increased volume of representations in a more timely manner. In relation to the Deputy's query I can advise that Bus Éireann has confirmed that the two children, referred to by the Deputy, are eligible for school transport under the 'Closed School Rule'. While eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (14 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Bus Éireann has advised that they issued 2,420 tickets to eligible children and 496 tickets to children travelling on a concessionary basis in County Louth for the 2015/16 school year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Jun 2016)

John Halligan: Senior College on Eblana Avenue in Dun Laoghaire is in the ownership of Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB). The future use of the building is a matter for the ETB, subject to the approval of my Department. My Department has not received any proposals or requests for funding from the ETB in respect of this premises and enquiries regarding the use of the building...