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

Niall Collins: Local Training Initiatives (LTIs) are training and work experience programmes carried out in partnership with community and voluntary organisations. They provide a basis for the 16 Education and Training Boards to contract with community bodies to provide a service initiative in a locality where there are identified community needs. Training provision is intended to be sufficiently flexible...

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

Niall Collins: The package of funding for higher and further education and training announced as part of the July stimulus amounts to €100 million and will fund over 35,000 places to start in the current year. This includes a provision of €52.5m for additional 28,550 places in the Further Education and Training sector as follows: - SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards developed an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: Pipefitting is a recognised craft apprenticeship in Ireland leading to a QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate. SOLAS has established Recognition of Prior Learning [RPL] mechanisms which enable an individual, with the appropriate work experience and/or qualifications, to gain access to an apprenticeship programme and/or provide exemptions from the respective craft apprenticeship. To have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: A fund for student devices worth €15 million was part of a €168 million package for further and higher education sectors to deal with the impacts of Covid-19. Funding of €10 million has being provided to the higher education sector and €5m to the Further Education and Training sector. The funding is being provided to eligible Higher Education Institutions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: The Department of Education and Skills circular letter 23 / 2020 was issued on 10th March 2020 regarding the payment of learner payments during the COVID-19 crisis. Regarding school and centre closures the circular states: “If, following HSE advice, a school or centre is closed as a result of COVID-19, the ETB will continue to pay learner payments as applicable.” ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 903. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 914. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an organisation (details supplied) will be advised and assisted in relation to Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21582/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 927. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to regularise undocumented persons living here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 934. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to visas for the spouses of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21839/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Training Centres (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 1309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding social distancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22055/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 1367. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22440/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: 1433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21842/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Niall Collins: We have all heard today of the incredible amount of planning and work that has gone into supporting the various sectors in education through this most difficult period and the current work on reopening schools and third level institutions. As Minister of State with responsibility for skills and further education, I will update the House on actions taken to support those sectors respond to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further Education and Training Programmes (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: I confirm they are available to students of further education who are attaining their further education through the ETBs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further Education and Training Programmes (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: I am happy to address this question as part of my responsibilities at the Department with responsibility for further and higher education, research, innovation and science. The priority of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, the Minister with responsibility for higher education, Deputy Harris, and me is to offer accessible and inclusive further education and training and higher...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further Education and Training Programmes (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: On the allocation of funding for the purchasing of technology, the education and training boards, ETBs, will allocate funding to participants in further education. Anybody who attends further education through the ETBs will be able to apply to the ETBs. The Higher Education Authority will be funding people who attend our third level institutions, such as universities. On the question of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19926/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (30 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19937/20]

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: I begin by congratulating the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on her election. I wish her well in that office. As she said in her few words yesterday, it is historic. She is the first woman in the history of this Parliament to hold the office of Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It is a fabulous achievement and I wish her well. We initiated this Bill yesterday in the Seanad, where a number of issues were...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: I congratulate Senator Mark Daly on his election as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. I wish him the very best in the role. I am sure he will be up for the job and well able for it. I also congratulate all Senators elected to the Seanad. I look forward to working with them. I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to present the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020 to...