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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...

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

Niall Collins: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled. I will arrange for an early response to issue directly to the Deputy.

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

Niall Collins: I can confirm that responsibility for the National Training Fund (NTF) under the National Training Fund Act 2000 now lies with my Department. This took effect following the transfer of functions order that was approved by Government on 20 October 2020. The National Training Fund Expenditure Report is normally published mid year based on annual expenditure allocations and policy...

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

Niall Collins: As of end October 2020, there were 18,800 apprentices registered over 55 apprenticeship programmes. Apprenticeships are between 2 and 4 years in duration leading to qualifications at level 5-10 of the National Framework of Qualifications with a range of arrangements to deliver off-the-job training. These arrangements range from one day a week off-the-job for international financial services...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a scheme to regularise undocumented persons living and working in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38778/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 805. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to further queries from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38000/20]

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputies for their constructive and valuable contributions. My plan, and that of the Minister, Deputy Harris, and my Department, is to work in collaboration with our stakeholders, Oireachtas colleagues and many others. I look forward to our continued engagement. Nobody has to be reminded that education is not just primary school followed by secondary school, followed by going...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (19 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37629/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (19 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: The surplus in the National Training Fund (NTF) at the end of 2019 amounted to €740.1 million. This surplus is expected to grow by €22 million by the end of 2020, a much lower rate of growth than in previous years and significantly below start-of-year projections.  Income from the NTF levy in 2020 is likely to be less than in 2019 despite a rise in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Colleges (19 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB) received a significant increase in budget allocation from SOLAS in 2020.  The funding allocation to CMETB in 2019 was €18,533,460, and the provisional allocation for 2020 is €25,779,000. A diverse range of full time and part time courses are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (19 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Since the Covid 19 outbreak earlier this year,  my Department has been working with the key stakeholders across the Further Education and Training (FET) sector to put in place systems to support national efforts to address public health issues and civic needs and to support continuity of further and higher education and learning. In order to facilitate this, a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to further queries from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37447/20]