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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: There are demographic pressures. Small increases related to demographic changes were built into our budget for next year. We will get the Deputy a detailed note on the matter.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for the question. Approximately two weeks ago, the Minister and I held a Zoom conference with the presidents and heads of all of the universities, institutes of technology and institutions funded through the HEA. The main part of the discussion related to a request by us to the colleges, insofar as possible in light public health guidance, the public health advice...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: When the restrictions at county boundaries are lifted.

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: I thank the Acting Chairman for his remarks. I sincerely thank Senators for a very informed, stimulating and incisive session. We have had several sessions in this Chamber relating to further and higher education and they have all been very engaging. I think all present agree that we are not just entering a new era in higher education, but advancing purposefully through it. It is an era...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: Apprenticeships are national programmes and are offered by employers throughout the country. Off-the-job training for the 25 craft apprenticeship programmes is held in Training Centres and Institutes of Technology/TU Dublin, with certain locations specialising in specific apprenticeship programmes due to the need for specific workshop equipment and trainer expertise. The number of new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (2 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: Safe Pass training re-opened for face to face delivery on 11th June of this year, during a period in which all other face to face education and training remained suspended. Safe Pass, Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) and Quarrying Skills Certification Scheme (QSCS) courses were included in Phase 2 of the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business alongside...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre will be available to all type 1 diabetes patients through the HSE in the near future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Ministerial Correspondence (1 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: 138. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) with the Companies Registration Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40245/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a property (details supplied) can be included in the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39950/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (1 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a housing development project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40264/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is in discussion with the management of a school (details supplied) regarding the need for a new building programme at the school; her views on whether this matter now requires immediate attention; if she will provide assurances in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40102/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: There are a number of registered apprentices across various trades who have the Defence Forces listed as their employer. The national apprenticeship promotional campaign ‘Generation Apprenticeship’ is run by SOLAS and uses case studies in demonstrating the range of opportunities available within the 58 existing apprenticeship programmes. Individual employers are not typically...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Niall Collins: 810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the TAMS will be extended into 2021 for new applications; when details will be available to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40263/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (26 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the terms of the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, 1996 pension scheme were amended in 2012 without a collective agreement of the staff of the IAA when a mediated collective agreement was in place until 31 December 2018. [39337/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (26 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the IAA pension scheme changes did not reflect the collective agreements in place at the time; and the reason staff were not informed. [39338/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (26 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason pension payment increases have not been awarded given the exceptional profitability of the IAA since 2015; and the authority under which IAA management decide not to award them. [39339/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (26 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the IAA hybrid pension scheme is being operated without agreement and outside the requirements of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993. [39340/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (26 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the pension benefits of the IAA hybrid pension scheme were amended without the members of the scheme being informed. [39341/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: The Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme (AIS) was initially funded under the July Stimulus programme and has been extended to mid-2021. It provides an employer grant of €3,000 for each new apprentice registered between 1st March 2020 and end June 2021. €2,000 of the grant is paid to the employer once the apprentice is registered, and a further €1,000 is paid after one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Apprenticeship in Ireland is funded from the National Training Fund (NTF) which was established by the National Training Fund Act, 2000, as a dedicated fund to support the training of those in employment, and those seeking employment. The NTF replaced the pre-existing Apprenticeship Levy which had been in place under The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Levy) Act 1994. It is funded...