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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...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 165. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the assistance he can provide to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Officials in my department have contacted both Laois Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) and Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board (LWETB) in relation this matter. In response to the first round of the Bord Na Mona Voluntary Redundancy Programme in early 2019, LOETB and LWETB, in collaboration with Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board and relevant stakeholders,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Officials from my Department have been in contact with Kerry ETB (KETB) in relation to this matter. KETB Adult Literacy and Basic Education Service provides free and confidential group classes and one-to-one tuition for adults who wish to improve their reading, writing, spelling, maths or basic computer skills. This service is delivered in centres in Tralee, Killarney, Listowel,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: I understand from Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) that due the Covid-19 pandemic, staff were assigned to one school or centre where possible to minimise their number of contacts. I am advised by Kerry ETB that in this process there was no deviation from, or amendment to, agreed staffing terms and conditions.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: The rates of pay for the 25 craft apprenticeship programmes are agreed by the partners within the relevant sector, or are set out in Sectoral Employment Orders (Construction Sector and Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector). Rates vary between occupations and sectors but in all cases craft apprenticeship rates are expressed as a proportion of the qualified rate,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 643 (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Officials in my Department have contacted Kerry Education and Training Board (KETB) about this matter. KETB have informed my Department that the welding course is due to commence in Tralee on 7 December 2020. It has been decided that this course can only proceed with ten learners, instead of the usual number of fourteen, in compliance with health and safety measures concerning Covid-19. To...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Preparations (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Skillnet Ireland's Clear Customs programme is the key support in this area funded by my Department through the National Training Fund. The programme has been designed in collaboration with industry bodies in the exporting, freight and logistics sectors for companies as they prepare for the new customs requirements post-Brexit. There has been a positive response to the Clear Customs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: The upskilling and reskilling of workers in the area of climate change is delivered across the tertiary education sector. The Programme for Government has set highly-ambitious targets in relation to climate change including actions under the Climate Action Plan to retrofit 500,000 homes and install 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes over the next 10 years to reduce carbon emissions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 671 together. There are 49 apprentices currently recorded as being redundant due to COVID-19, another 111 are recorded as being on temporary lay-off. Apprentices are primarily employees and, in common with other employees, are eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) where they meet the terms of the scheme, including for periods of temporary...