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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Apprenticeship is a work based learning opportunity. It is an employer-led offering based on a contract of employment between the apprentice and their respective employer. It incorporates a minimum of 50% on-the-job training with off-the-job training which is delivered in a number of different ways according to the apprenticeship programme. This ranges from remote or online learning to one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) announced the development of Mayo College of Further Education and Training (CFET) on 23rd March 2021. Mayo CFET will take effect from Monday 12th April 2021, and will facilitate 450 fulltime and 500 part-time learners across the two campuses in Castlebar and Westport. Further educational and training opportunities are to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Continuity for the most part of further and higher education and research has been maintained throughout the pandemic. In the early phase when on-site activities were suddenly suspended this was achieved through a rapid shift to emergency remote learning. Over time a blended model of learning has become the dominant mode with varying levels of onsite and online delivery aligned to public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: There has been a 90% increase in the apprentice population since 2015. Existing off-the-job training facilities, particularly in Electrical and Plumbing apprenticeships, had been coming under increasing pressure to facilitate the rapid growth in apprentice population. COVID-19 related suspension of practical training in Training Centres, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 1078. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given instructions to the HSE with regard to plans for the future of the site of the former Crooksling Health Centre, Brittas, County Dublin; the discussions he has had in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17100/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 1185. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17474/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 1266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) who appealed their application for an extension on the beef data and genomics programme 2021 on the basis of the strong medical evidence submitted will receive an outcome to their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16868/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Following comprehensive consultation across the Further Education and Training (FET) sector, proposals for flexible options on the undertaking of work practice and work experience elements within major awards have been submitted and approved by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). This flexibility allows for Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to make decisions based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 443. To ask the Minister for Finance when the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme will be replaced in view of the Supreme Court judgement of 18 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14378/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter in relation to a funding and delivery solution for public sector projects raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and advise on the position of a pension for a public servant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 977. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14377/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Apprenticeship is a demand driven programme and therefore the number of apprenticeship placements is determined by employers within any given sector. The impact of Covid-19 on all industries resulted in a decrease of new apprentice registrations generally in 2020 (5,326 down from 6,177 in 2019).  The introduction of the Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme, which provides...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Craft apprenticeships represent 25 of the 60 available apprenticeship programmes and 85% of total apprentice registrations as at the end of 2020. Craft apprenticeships consist of seven phases of training, three of which are off-the-job and delivered by Education and Training Boards, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities across the country. Start and end dates for an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1114, 1116, 1124 and 1131 together. There has been a 90% increase in the apprentice population since 2015.  Existing off-the-job training facilities, particularly in Electrical and Plumbing apprenticeships had been coming under increasing pressure to facilitate the rapid growth in apprentice population. The COVID-19 related suspension of face to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Apprenticeship is undertaken under a contract of employment and apprentices are therefore employees. There are 60 apprenticeships currently available and of these it is the 25 craft apprenticeships which are primarily affected by Covid-19.  The trade unions which represent these apprentices are members of the National Apprenticeship Advisory Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Industry (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: The Skills to Advance policy framework was launched in 2018. The framework provides guidance, direction and targets for Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in supporting the upskilling of those in employment, working both directly with learners and through their employers The two customised programmes, referred to by the Deputy,  were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1132, 1133 and 1136 together. As part of an extensive consultation process to inform the new Action Plan for Apprenticeship feedback was gathered from the 3,750 apprentices who answered a survey on their experience of the system. In accessing apprenticeship programmes, by far the majority (69%) of respondents accessed their apprenticeship through friends...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1134, 1135 and 1169 together. The Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme (AIS) was introduced in July 2020 and provides an employer grant totalling €3,000 per new apprentice registration between the period 01 March 2020 and 30 June 2021. This comprises an initial €2,000 payment on registration followed by a further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1139 and 1140 together. The information in relation to the apprentices enrolled per year since 2006, new registrations per year since 2006 is attached along with details of the relevant consortia lead and the number of employers with apprentices registered under each programme as at December 2020. Information in relation to the breakdown of existing staff...