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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (30 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: The National FET Strategy Future FET, Transforming Learning 2020-2024launched in July 2020 concentrates on the three core pillars of building skills, fostering inclusion, and facilitating pathways to deliver a more strategic and integrated FET system. Significant progress has been made to date across the three pillars. With regard to Building Skills, there has been a sizable increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: The impact of the pandemic and climate change will fundamentally change the way we all live and work. The significant funding allocated is an unequivocal demonstration of the commitment by Government in investing in meeting priority human capital and skill needs to sustain our national recovery and economic development. The €121m Skills Package allocated in Budget 2022 will allow us to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (30 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: From inquiries made by my officials with Cork Education and Training Board, I understand that the Manager of the Community Training Centre has received a verbal agreement from their landlord to offer a 5 year lease commencing January 2022 and that the ETB expects the matter to be resolved in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (30 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: The concept of a Designated Liaison Person (DLP) is not provided for in the legislation, but rather is a recommendation of Tusla in Children First National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children in relation to public and private organisations providing services to children. There is no requirement for the DLP to be a mandated person under the Children First Act, 2015....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (25 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: In terms of the details of the specific approach adopted to implementing the proposal, SOLAS are publishing the range of financial supports available on their dedicated webpage for the Debenhams Fund at www.solas.ie/programmes/debenhams-training-fund/. These include the following:- - A career transition grant of up to €1,000 for additional occupational guidance and career planning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57807/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to extending the age permitted for bus drivers and the school transport scheme to above 70 years of age given the acute shortage of drivers in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56963/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school secretaries pay (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: 413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in relation to the community employment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56826/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Third Level Fees (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I have a long written reply before me, but I will only speak to parts of it. Section 21 of the student grant scheme sets out the person whose income is to be considered. Section 21(2) states: "Where the dependent student's parents are divorced or legally separated, or it is established to the satisfaction of the relevant awarding...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Third Level Fees (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: It is a fair request and the Deputy has raised a legitimate concern. To nail it down, is he asking about appeals to the independent appeals board that have been found in favour of the applicant in circumstances where the parents were divorced or separated?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Third Level Fees (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: I can ask my Department to undertake that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: General provision in areas such as green skills and sustainability is ongoing across tertiary education, delivering education and training programmes from short courses targeted at awareness building, upskilling and reskilling programmes to full and part-time academic and vocational programmes. The curricula of many other programmes will also include elements and modules targeted to green...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 154 together. The pathway to delivering the intended growth of the apprenticeship system as set out in the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 has been informed by a significant and extensive consultation process. Details of the consultation, and findings arising from the process are set out on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 155 together. Apprentices are employed under a Contract of Apprenticeship. In the case of the 37 apprenticeships established since 2016, the rate of pay is agreed between the apprentice and the employer. The minimum rate of pay for the 25 craft apprenticeships are agreed by the partners within the relevant sector, or are set out in Sectoral...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: Craft apprenticeships account for 25 of the 62 existing available apprenticeship programmes. They comprise of a standard seven phase programme of alternating on-the-job and off-the-job phases. The off-the-job training for these programmes is delivered in Training Centres, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities. Given the practical nature of off-the-job training for craft...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: The information requested by the Deputy is not collected by SOLAS. A 2019 survey of apprentices used to inform the development of the Action Plan for Apprenticeship indicated that, at that point, 8% of craft and 43% of non-craft apprentices worked for the same employer before registering as an apprentice. In the same survey, 54% of craft apprentices and 78% of other apprentices worked...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: Apprentices end their registration for a variety of reasons including failed assessments, pursuing another career or educational programme or personal reasons such as serious illness etc.441 apprentices withdrew from consortia led apprenticeships between 2016 and 2020. The breakdown per apprenticeship, and overall non-completion rate to date is listed on the attached.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: The minimum duration of a national apprenticeship programme is two years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. The €3m Training Fund for the former workers of Debenhams Ireland is being financed from the National Training Fund. As proposed by the Chairman of the Labour Court the Fund will operate for a maximum of 2 years or until fully expended. Any unspent amount of the €3m allocation will return to the National Training Fund. ...