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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: An Annual Student Contribution (ASC) is levied on all students attending Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) including those relevant to apprentices - namely the Institutes of Technology (IoTs) and Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) as well as private providers such as the National College of Ireland. The amount of ASC charged to apprentices is calculated on a pro rata basis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (10 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 221. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will resume at a unit for a child (details supplied); when the child will be able to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23111/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: I agree with the Deputy. The experience of people in the area I represent, which is predominantly rural but close to the urban setting of Limerick city, is similar. We have some larger towns and people in my constituency have experienced and articulated to me some of the challenges Deputy Gould outlined. The Youthreach programme is very important. Many of the people we speak of are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for his question. My priority is to offer accessible and inclusive further and higher education and training for all. Supporting inclusion is one of the three key pillars around which the new further education and training, FET, strategy is built and the core vision of the national access plan for equity of access to higher education is to ensure that the student body in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: The Deputy is right. No student or anybody seeking education or further training should be excluded. Certainly what myself and the Minister, Deputy Harris, are working towards is providing more places right across the whole range of disciplines, apprenticeships and courses. I just want to point out to the Deputy that the youth guarantee is a commitment by all member states of the EU to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: An Annual Student Contribution (ASC) is levied on all students attending Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) including those relevant to apprentices - namely the Institutes of Technology (IoTs) and Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) as well as private providers such as the National College of Ireland. The amount of ASC charged to apprentices is calculated on a pro rata basis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Licence Applications (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Undefined (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if issues raised in correspondence by persons (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21550/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be provided to areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22164/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding travel centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22064/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding insurance for the sport horse industry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21400/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Registration of Title (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration of a submission on the registration of the title of a property (details supplied) on Main Street, Croom, County Limerick, by the Property Registration Authority will be expedited in view of the fact the delay is holding up a village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21696/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided on an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21840/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ASD unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21841/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding abuse survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22143/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the pandemic unemployment payment and the eligibility criteria for third-level students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) have a licence agreement in place to use the former County Council premises in Navan Co. Meath for Further Education & Training (FET) services. The agreement was approved by LMETB board on 21st June 2018. LMETB requested and received approval from the Department of Education on 28th June 2018. This premises is used solely as a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Community Training Centres (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: Community education provision is part of the broader Further Education and Training (FET) sector and the facilities that community education providers use should be regarded as education settings and not subject to the 6 person restriction. Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) and SOLAS, supported by my Department, have developed implementation guidelines for the FET sector....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: Adult education forms part of our further education and training system. Informed by the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, the HSA Return to Work Protocolsand ongoing public health advice, my Department published Guidance for Further and Higher Education for Returning to On-site Activity in 2020, which will be updated on a regular basis. This framework guides the planning by further...