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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes (7 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: People with disabilities are eligible to access FÁS mainstream services. Persons who are unemployed but not in receipt of a social protection payment are generally eligible to take part in FAS training courses. However, only those who were receiving a social protection payment prior to commencing training may be eligible to receive a FAS training allowance while undertaking a course....

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Amendments from the Seanad (2 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: This final set of amendments are all drafting in nature and were introduced either to correct minor errors in the Bill or to improve the language in order to aid interpretation.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Amendments from the Seanad (2 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: There are a total of 11 Seanad amendments before the House and they relate to criteria for giving ministerial consent, accounts and accountability, gender balance and drafting matters. Amendment No. 1 relates to section 22 of the Bill. This section provides that an education and training board, ETB, may, with the Minister's consent, enter into an arrangement with a different education or...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Amendments from the Seanad (2 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: A number of amendments were made on Report Stage in the other House to ensure the proper accountability of the new education and training boards. Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 will ensure that in the transition from VECs to ETBs, there is no gap in the obligation to respond to the Committee of Public Accounts on the VECs' financial activity. Moreover, the chief executive of an education and...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Amendments from the Seanad (2 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: In the course of the debate on this Bill, the issue of gender balance was raised both in this House and in the Seanad. Under the current law, the proportion of male and female local authority representatives on a VEC must mirror the proportion of the total number of male and female members of those county, city and town councils when added together. This existing system has given rise to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: HGV Driving Courses (2 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am not aware of the issue raised by the Deputy but if he can provide some additional information I would be happy to have the matter looked into further. However, I understand that the majority of HGV driving courses are funded under the Technical Employment Support Grant which is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: HGV Driving Courses (2 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am not aware of the issue raised by the Deputy but if he can provide some additional information I would be happy to have the matter looked into further. However, I understand that the majority of HGV driving courses are funded under the Technical Employment Support Grant which is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The current pupil teacher ratio (PTR) for the Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programme is due to change from 17:1 to 19:1 with effect from 1 September 2013 for the 2013/2014 academic year in accordance with the decision taken by the Government last year as part of the budgetary process.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I move amendment No. 50: In page 25, before section 46, to insert the following new section:46.—The Freedom of Information Act 1997 is amended by—(a) the insertion, in subparagraph (2) of paragraph 1 of the First Schedule, of "An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh Agus Scileanna", (b) the insertion in column (2) of Part I of the Third Schedule of "the Further Education...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: It was not sufficiently strong enough to allow for the freedom of information provision to operate effectively in the context of SOLAS.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: No.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Deputies for their heartfelt contributions. The spirit in which they withdrew their amendments is very much recognised by the Minister and me. It will be a long meeting but, hopefully, a productive one.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Amendment No. 38 refers to the overall make-up and achieving a gender balance across the board-----

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: On that basis, there is no need for any further discussion.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I move amendment No. 39: In page 9, lines 30 to 41, to delete subsections (3) and (4) and substitute the following:“(3) Of the ordinary members of An tSeirbhís (other than the person to whom subsection (8) of section 23 applies)—(a) 7 shall be appointed by the Minister, following consultation by him or her with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I move amendment No. 44: In page 10, subsection (6), line 1, to delete “Each” and substitute “Subject to subsection (7), each”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I move amendment No. 45: In page 10, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following subsection:“(7) Of the ordinary members of An tSeirbhís (other than the person to whom subsection (8) of section 23 applies) first appointed after the commencement of this section—(a) such 3 members as the Minister shall determine shall hold office for the period of 3 years from the date of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: On the criteria applying to appointments, the legislation lists a certain number of skills in the areas of, for example, corporate governance and corporate finance that must be served somehow by the overall make-up of the board. The Minister will be the one to determine how that rolling process works. The reason it is in the legislation is to provide for the stability of the board and, at...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Yes, but they will be determined by the Minister.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Yes.