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- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (21 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: There is no stipulation in my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme regarding a minimum age requirement for eligible children who wish to avail of school transport services. However, conditions are set down in the "Rules and Programmes for Secondary Schools", regarding the criteria for the recognition of pupils at second level. One of these rules states that a recognised pupil...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (21 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of my Department's School Transport Schemes a minimum number of 10 eligible children residing in a distinct locality, as determined by Bus Ãireann, are required before consideration may be given to the establishment or retention of school transport services, provided this can be done within reasonable cost limits. This minimum number requirement refers to eligible children only.
- Higher Education Grants (21 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I am replying on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Ruairà Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Springboard is a specific initiative to provide free part-time higher education places targeted at unemployed people who have lost their jobs as a result of the recession and who would benefit from upskilling or re-skilling to get back into sustainable...
- Higher Education Grants (21 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I will take on board the suggestions made by the Deputy. I believe our Department is not particularly dogmatic on any aspect of policy development. The Springboard programme is proof of that. It is an innovative programme that seeks to support those who are unemployed and need to re-skill and to offer them another career choice in another career direction. The programme was developed as a...
- Employment Support Services (16 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I thank Deputy Farrell for giving me the opportunity to clarify this very important issue. The organisation of FÃS training is an operational matter for that body but I am pleased to let the Deputy know that I have been informed that officials in FÃS training services have not made a decision to discontinue the provision of training courses in the Balbriggan area. The FÃS training centre...
- Employment Support Services (16 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I will undertake to convey the Deputy's sentiments to FÃS as it carries out the review of training provision in north Dublin in general. As I indicated, there has been no decision by FÃS to discontinue all training courses in the Balbriggan area. The review of the FÃS contracted training provision for 2012 within Balbriggan and other areas will highlight the relevant training...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter . I am responding on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. The water services investment programme, which is administered by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, is the principal means by which the strategic objectives of capital investment in water and waste water services are...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I will do everything I can to advance the provision of a sewage treatment plant in Kiltormer. If Deputy Kitt sends me an e-mail reiterating the points he has made, I will raise them directly with the Minister, Deputy Hogan. It is important to point out that the Minister and the Department give local authorities a large degree of autonomy to assess their own water and waste water needs. The...
- Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (16 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: All Irish programmes to date which have been, or are being, co-financed by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) provide, inter alia, for the accessing of certain enterprise supports by those redundant workers who are included in these programmes. A wide range of EGF related enterprise supports are provided through the City and County Enterprise Boards in areas such as business...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: The child referred to by the Deputy applied for school transport under my Department's School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs. Under the terms of this scheme, children are eligible for transport where they: have special educational needs arising from a diagnosed disability in accordance with the designation of high and low incidence disability set out in...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: My Department provided funding of â¬920,000 and â¬896,000 to AONTAS in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The 2012 provision for AONTAS is â¬887,000.
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: These issues are a day to day matter for FÃS. However I understand that the TV & Video Production Course being run by FÃS in Kerry is currently located in a building adjoining the FÃS Training Centre in Tralee. This premises is leased by FÃS from Shannon Development. There is a plan under consideration by FÃS to move the TV & Video Course from these rented premises into a newly renovated...
- Seanad: European Globalisation Fund (15 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I thank Senator Colm Burke for raising this matter. In June 2010 the Department submitted an application to the EU for European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, EGF, co-financed assistance for almost 9,000 redundant construction workers. The workers were made redundant between 1 July 2009 and 31 March 2010 and were individually identified as is required to meet the conditions of the fund....
- Seanad: European Globalisation Fund (15 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: The answer to the Senator last question is that, no, unfortunately, they cannot. The application was made for a very specific cohort of workers who were made redundant from a company and had a redundancy notice applied to them. We could not have made an application on their behalf if we did not have that redundancy notice. Anybody who was previously involved in the construction sector...
- Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: Officials in the Department are currently finalising an application for EGF co-financing of certain measures in support of almost 600 redundant workers at the TalkTalk company in Waterford and a number of ancillary enterprises. The application has involved considerable consultation to date with representatives of the redundant TalkTalk workers and the relevant service providers at local,...
- Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: I am precluded by the provisions of the Data Protection Acts from supplying the data sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: In 2011, the Department provided funding of â¬896,000 to AONTAS. The Department's budget for 2011 exceeded â¬8.8 billion.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: In 2011, my Department provided funding of nearly â¬420 million for further education programmes delivered by Vocational Education Committees (VECs). This covered the pay of staff, non-pay capitation, participant allowances and student support for learners in Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses. Funding for the Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme, Youthreach, Senior Traveller...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: The Deputy will be aware that changes to the School Transport Scheme, including the ceasing of the catchment boundary system effective from the 2012/2013 school year, were announced in Budget 2011 and derive from recommendations in the Value for Money Review of the Scheme. There is no scope for reversing these changes as under the four year recovery plan, there is a requirement to...
- Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)
Ciarán Cannon: A redundant worker, who meets the criteria of the EGF Regulations and who is included in an EGF application which is subsequently approved by the EU budgetary authorities, may avail of the measures provided under the approved EGF programme even where such a redundant worker subsequently obtains employment. This position has been confirmed to my Department by the European Commission.