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Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: A dedicated EGF coordination unit has been established by FÁS to coordinate all services being provided to, or sought by, those redundant workers eligible for EGF support in the case in question. Eligible supports include occupational guidance, training, upskilling, educational opportunities and enterprise supports supplied, as appropriate, by both public and private service providers. The...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Labour Market Activation Fund is designed to assist in the creation of innovative training and education provision by private, not-for-profit and public sector providers. It is targeted at specific priority groups among the unemployed, namely the low skilled, and those formerly employed in declining sectors - construction, retail and manufacturing sectors – with particular emphasis on...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: The information requested by the Deputy is being researched. I will reply to him substantively in the matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — School Evaluations: School Evaluations (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am pleased to advise that the evaluation of the Centre referred to by the Deputy has been finalised. The evaluation was carried out within my Department as part of a review of projects funded under the Fund for the Development of Targeted Educational Responses to Certain Children at Risk. While the evaluation was not a Whole School Evaluation it was modelled on those applied to centres for...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the "JobFit" programme provided by TGB Learning Ltd and which is being funded by the Labour Market Activation Fund. The Fund is being managed by my Department and FAS has no role in its administration. The Labour Market Activation Fund is designed to assist in the creation of innovative training and education provision by private, not-for-profit...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: FÁS has advised that the criteria for participating in the FÁS Community Employment Scheme (CE) are based on age and length of time in receipt of various social welfare payments, and are as follows: Part-time Integration Option (PTI) One year version of CE for people aged 25 years and over who are receiving social welfare payments for 12 months or more. Part-time Job Option (PTJ) Three year...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, facilitates the transportation of over 125,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day including approximately 8,000 children with special educational needs. Children with special needs are eligible for School Transport if s/he is attending the nearest recognised: mainstream school,...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Minister does not have a role in the administration of individual cases. The administration of individual cases is a day-to-day matter for FÁS as part of its responsibility under the Labour Services Act 1987.

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this pre-budget debate. I will mention some of the initiatives in which I am involved as Minister of State with responsibility for lifelong learning. The Government's proposed four-year budgetary strategy, which will last until 2014, has been the subject of widespread commentary in recent days. The Government moved swiftly yesterday to reveal the...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (21 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: Following an open tender competition in which 370 tenders were received, I announced in June details of the first call of the Labour Market Activation Fund to support 26 different organisations across the private, not-for-profit and public sectors. On 5th August, I announced the allocation of an additional €12 million to the Fund, raising it to €32 million in all. This has enabled my...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (21 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: FÁS provides a range of training initiatives for the unemployed including those in receipt of jobseekers allowance. The budget for 2010 for these programmes is €296 million. In addition to this the Labour Market Activation Fund, launched earlier this year and administered by my Department, provides training and education programmes delivered by a range of providers for those who are...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (21 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: FÁS have requested more time in order to provide the details requested by the Deputy as it is necessary for the agency to contact each of the relevant Local Employment Service (LES) Manager to establish their relevant boundaries. I will provide this information to the Deputy in writing as soon as possible when it becomes available. In the interim the Deputy will wish to note that clients...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (21 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport schemes on behalf of my Department, has been requested to provide transport for the eligible pupils referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (21 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: FETAC-registered providers, delivering programmes of 3 months duration or more on a commercial and profit making basis, are required to have policy and procedures for the Protection for Learners, aimed at ensuring that there are adequate arrangements in place in the event of a provider ceasing operations. Such arrangements can include having an agreement in place with at least 2 other...

Teaching Qualifications (20 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Coughlan. The Department of Education and Skills and other Departments, in this current difficult economic environment, are open to looking creatively at options that provide benefits to the system and to individuals seeking to enhance their skills or to gain...

Health Service Executive Charges (20 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am replying to this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. In assessing eligibility, the HSE uses guidelines based on people's means, which includes their income, certain allowable outgoings and the effect of other factors which may impact on people's ability to meet the cost of general practitioner, GP, services for...

Special Educational Needs (20 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Coughlan. I thank the Deputy for giving me this opportunity to outline the position in regard to the special needs assistant, SNA, scheme generally and, in particular, the allocation of SNA support to schools working with children with autism in specialised units....

Hospital Services (20 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The management of chronic pain is a highly complex and specialised area of medicine, requiring a multidisciplinary approach to treatment and care of patients. Traditionally within Ireland and the UK, pain medicine evolved from within the hospital discipline of anaesthesia...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (20 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 111 together. Persons aged 25 years or over and who are currently in receipt of One Parent Family Payment for 12 months or more continue to be eligible to participate in the Community Employment Programme. Persons aged 18 years or over who are currently in receipt of Illness Benefit for 6 months or more are also eligible for participation in the...

Written Answers — Skills Development: Skills Development (20 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: Both my colleague, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan and I have recently met with the Union of Students in Ireland and discussed a number of issues including their proposal for a Graduate Internship Programme. The Union of Students in Ireland's proposal is very similar in some aspects to the Work Placement Programme, which was introduced by the Government in 2009. The WPP is operated by the Department...