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Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Certainly the Minister will be guided by the opinion and considered consensus of the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection in terms of how he might exercise this function. He has always sought to engage actively with the committee, as the Deputy is aware, and none of this legislation will prevent that process from taking place in future.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Yes.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: One of the many positive reforms emanating from the legislation is the fact that we will be able to share expertise throughout the entire education and training board network. Now and again, to determine how we are succeeding in that regard, it will be necessary for the Minister to request such surveys. I imagine that when the results of such surveys become available they will be made...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, to delete lines 41 and 42.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (27 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kms from and are attending their nearest national school as determined by the Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. Bus Éireann, which operates the scheme on behalf of my Department, is responsible for the planning and...

Topical Issue Debate: Site Acquisitions (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I wish to clarify once again that the Department is liaising with the Kerry Education Service and the authorities in the Gaelcholáiste regarding the clarification that needs to be provided about the site. This relates to issues concerning current site restrictions and who will fund the provision of road access to the site. I refer to the case being made by the Deputy about the growth...

Topical Issue Debate: Site Acquisitions (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position in respect of a request for a new school building for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí in Tralee, County Kerry. The Deputy may find it helpful if I set out the context within which decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 to 261, inclusive, together. Statistics on the programmes referred to by the Deputy are provided in the following table. As the 2012 statistics for BTEI and VTOS are not yet available figures for 2011 have been provided. The PLC statistics provided are for the 2012/2013 academic year. A figure for the number of unemployed participants in PLC is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: This is a day to day operational matter for FÁS. The information the Deputy sought is not readily available. I have asked FÁS to collate this data as soon as possible. When received I will forward directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: This is a day to day operational matter for FÁS. The information the Deputy sought is set out in the following table, which has been provided by FÁS. In Training (December 2012) - Throughput (December 2012) Under 25 years 25 years & Over TOTAL Under 25 and unemployed for over 12 Months prior to starting scheme Under 25 years 25 years & Over Total Under 25 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: This is a day to day operational matter for FÁS. I understand that a total of 609 individuals participated in the Wider Horizons Programme in 2012. Of the 609 who participated, 218 were from the Republic of Ireland. Of the 218 who participated in the Republic of Ireland, 15 were over 25 and 203 were under 25. 35 participants under 25 were unemployed for 12 months or more.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Labour Market Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Labour Market Activation Fund was launched in 2010 and its programmes completed in June 2011. Project providers were asked to capture the number of participants completing programmes on an under and over 35s basis. Of those who successfully completed programmes, some 6,781 were under the age of 35. In line with the eligibility criteria for this Fund, all participants had to be...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. I thank Senator Mark Daly for giving me the opportunity to address this matter. The National Ambulance Service, or NAS, is not a static service. The NAS deploys its resources dynamically and on a regional and national rather than a local basis. Dynamic deployment of ambulance...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I shall do that. I just want to make two quick points.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Moving from the model of an on-call ambulance service, under which one may have ambulance personnel sitting in their living rooms at home waiting for a beeper to go off, to a model in which they are in their vehicles or local stations and capable of responding quickly to emergencies is a very positive development. I made the point that there will be extensive consultation with the public,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. I thank Senator Mark Daly for giving me the opportunity to address this matter. The National Ambulance Service, or NAS, is not a static service. The NAS deploys its resources dynamically and on a regional and national rather than a local basis. Dynamic deployment of ambulance...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I shall do that. I just want to make two quick points.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Moving from the model of an on-call ambulance service, under which one may have ambulance personnel sitting in their living rooms at home waiting for a beeper to go off, to a model in which they are in their vehicles or local stations and capable of responding quickly to emergencies is a very positive development. I made the point that there will be extensive consultation with the public,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Recognition (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. I thank the Senator for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline the current position on the recognition status of Mol an Óige Steiner national school, Ennistymon, County Clare. Mol an Óige Steiner national school, which implements the Steiner approach...

Seanad: Future of Further Education and Training: Statements (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: As a former Member of this House, I was often concerned about Ministers who, on having delivered their opening address and listened intently to the debate, delivered a closing address without addressing any of the issues raised during the contributions. I will try as best I can not to allow that to happen in this instance, bearing in mind that I have but five minutes. A number of common...