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School Accommodation (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am taking his Adjournment debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Coughlan. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the Dáil the Government strategy for capital investment in education projects and to outline the current position of the application for capital funding from Nicker national...

Garda Training (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, to which I will respond on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern. The Garda college is the national centre for police education and development in this country. It provides a total of 280 training courses, programmes and training interventions annually. In 2010, in excess of 13,000 members of An Garda Síochána...

Water and Sewerage Schemes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, and I have listened with interest to the Deputy's remarks. Primary responsibility among public authorities for the protection and improvement of water quality is statutorily assigned to local authorities...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: FÁS is introducing a new Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme in 2011 to enable eligible apprentices in all trades to undertake their on-the-job training and assessment at training phases 3, 5 and 7. The scheme, for which €7.3m in funding is being provided, will include placements with employers in both the private and the public sectors to ensure as many apprentices as possible are...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The 2010 provision for further education programmes is just over €426 million, made up of €197.3 million for pay costs, €228.9 million for non-pay costs. In addition, my Department provided just over €3.87 million for capital costs. This will enable over 170,000 learners to participate in a range of full-time and part-time further education programmes. For the current academic year...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: As the Deputy is aware, the School Transport scheme was approved by Government as a topic for inclusion as part of the 2009-2011 round of Value for Money Reviews. This review looked at the original objectives of the scheme, whether these objectives remain valid today, the extent to which the objectives are being achieved, and whether there are possibilities for economies or efficiencies...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Detailed discussions have commenced between officials from my Department and officials from FÁS to determine the specific implications for FÁS training programmes of the 2011 allocation for training the unemployed. It should be noted that FÁS programmes are expected to deliver approximately 100,000 training and employment places for the unemployed in 2011. This is a significant increase...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Detailed discussions have commenced between officials from my Department and officials from FÁS to determine the specific implications for FÁS training programmes of the 2011 allocation for training the unemployed, which due to the present fiscal situation and resources available is reduced next year. FÁS programmes are still expected to deliver approximately 100,000 training and...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The broad elements of the framework have been drafted and will form the basis of discussion and consultation with other relevant Youth Agencies. Wider consultation, as referred to in my answer to Question No. 55 of 9 March 2010, has been deferred pending the integration of elements of FÁS with the Department of Social Protection and the establishment of a freshly mandated Skills Agency,...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The following are the details of the weekly pay rates for Community Employment participants for 2011: CE Single Adult Rate: €208.00; Increase for Qualified Adult: €124.80; Full rate Child Dependant: €29.80; Half rate Child Dependant: €14.90.

Written Answers — Training and Work Experience Programmes: Training and Work Experience Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. Table 1 sets out the total non-pay funding allocated by FÁS in 2010 for the training of persons seeking employment broken down by programme. The table also provides total non-pay funding allocated to the training of persons in employment broken down by programme. The pay elements are currently being worked on by FÁS...

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme is a full-time further education programme open to people over 21 years of age who are at least six months unemployed. The information requested by the Deputy is set out below: 2007 - 5,377 learners 2008 - 5,403 learners 2009 - 5,568 learners 2010 - 5,775 learners ^^ Higher Education Grants ^^

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Following a public request for tender, funding from the Labour Market Activation Fund, 2010 was made available to fifty-nine projects to provide education and training places for up to 12,000 unemployed people. For the purposes of this Fund, prospective participants on programmes eligible for Fund support must be jobseekers who have been in receipt of an unemployment payment for a period of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The family referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, were in receipt of a remote area grant as there was no school transport service available to meet their transport needs. However, Bus Éireann which operates the School Transport Scheme, on behalf of my Department, has advised that the family can now avail of a school transport service to and from school. As a rule primary school...

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Work Placement Programme is intended to assist people who are unemployed to develop their skills levels to secure work experience that will assist them in finding employment. My Department recently issued circular 66/2010 which permits schools to participate in the Work Placement Programme if they so wish. The programme provides a mechanism for schools to offer placements to graduates...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 94 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Contracts are paid on a per capita basis; this means that there is a set fee for each participant based on a minimum number of trainees. The fees are reduced when the number falls below the set minimum level. Furthermore, each contract is subject to stipulated...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Schemes, on behalf of my Department, has advised that the following numbers of primary pupils availed of school transport services in the years 2005 to 2009: 2005 1,485 2006 1,513 2007 1,502 2008 1,479 2009 1,495 The final figures for 2010 are not yet available.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Schemes, on behalf of my Department, has advised that the following numbers of post-primary pupils availed of school transport services in the years 2005 to 2009: 2005 1,657 2006 1,624 2007 1,604 2008 1,640 2009 1,642 The final figures for 2010 are not yet available.

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: I should clarify for the Deputy that my Department does not hold information on where participants live. However, the number of participants in Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme courses delivered by County and City of Waterford Vocational Education Committees (VECs) who were in receipt of the long-term unemployment bonus for each of the last five years and to date in 2010 is set out...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: My Department responded to a representation received on behalf of the person referred to by the Deputy and referred the matter to the relevant Vocational Education Committee (VEC), as the VEC is the person's employer in this case.