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Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Currently, 7,681 of a total of 18,494 apprentices are registered by FÁS as being redundant. Of this number, 4,392 can progress in their apprenticeship having reached the minimum qualifying standard while 3,289 must first successfully pass their outstanding assessment(s). FÁS has introduced a number of measures to date which have assisted over 4,000 redundant apprentices with on and...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department has advised that there are over 3,000 vehicles engaged under contract daily to provide school transport services. Under the School Transport Scheme, Bus Éireann has set a goal to withdraw buses from daily service at 20 years. Where buses over 20 years are in use, it is an exceptional short-term measure and...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: No Cork-based projects were among those selected for funding under the Labour Market Activation Fund, 2010. However, a number of projects based elsewhere in the country are providing multi-region programmes that include course places for unemployed people in Cork. As a number of these projects are currently involved in recruiting participants for their programmes, it is not yet possible to...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre. The scheme is not designed to facilitate children who attend a post-primary centre outside of the catchment area in which they reside. However, children who are fully eligible for transport to the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest national school as determined by my Department are eligible for free school transport. The position in this case is that the pupils referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy are not attending their nearest national school and therefore...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Courses: FÁS Training Courses (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204, 295 and 296 together. The Review of Labour Market Programmes, carried out by FORFÁS on behalf of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and published in February this year, made several recommendations aimed at ensuring that labour market programmes run by FÁS and Skillnets will better deliver on labour market objectives. The programmes...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: As Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills I do 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. Eligibility to participate on a CE scheme is linked to the length of time a person is in receipt of Social Welfare benefits. However, the...

Written Answers — Labour Activation Fund: Labour Activation Fund (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: My Department has completed the process for public procurement of training and education programmes for the unemployed under the Labour Activation Fund 2010. No grounds exist for the re-opening of this process. The question of whether another process of public procurement of such programmes will be undertaken will be considered as part of the Budget 2011 preparations.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department has advised that eligible pupils who have applied for school transport in the area referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied are being provided with a service.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department has advised that eligible pupils who have applied for school transport in the area referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied are being provided with a service.

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Work Placement Programme provides up to 9 months work experience to unemployed individuals, including graduates. The Programme is open to all sectors of the economy, including the private and public sectors, as well as the community and voluntary sectors. The programme is voluntary and unpaid, while participants on the programme may be able retain their existing social welfare...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Technical Employment support Grant (TESG) was introduced in 2006. The TESG is used where a FÁS Employment Services Officer, during the course of a guidance interview, identifies that a particular category of jobseeker has a support need in order to enter/re-enter the labour market, and that this need cannot be met by FÁS directly or any other State provider within a reasonable period...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Responsibility for the administration of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) and the Quarries Skills Certification Scheme (QSCS) resides with FÁS as set out in Statutory Instrument 504 of 2006 — The Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006 (Schedule 4) and Statutory Instrument 28 of 2008 — The Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (Quarries) Regulations...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: At the end of May 2010 it was decided to adjust the funding available through the Technical Employment Support Grant (TESG) from €950 to €500 in order to maximize the number of clients who could benefit from this support. In 2009 in excess of 12,000 grants were approved and at the end of August 2010, 11,291 grants have been approved. The Technical Employment Support Grant (TESG) is used...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. The position in this case is that the child referred to by the Deputy is not attending her nearest national school and therefore is not eligible for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department has advised that the pupil named in the details supplied is being facilitated on a school transport service.

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Board: Residential Institutions Redress Board (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Residential Institutions Redress Scheme was introduced in 2002 as an exceptional measure to address a very particular circumstance, namely abuse in residential care and was never intended to be a panacea for every injustice committed on children. The issue of including the Bethany Home in the scheme was considered previously when it was decided not to include it. Following the...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: As part of Budget 2010, it was announced that the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) would explore, with my Department and FÁS, the potential to rationalise child care support schemes with the objective of delivering improved supports in a more efficient, transparent and equitable way. Following discussions, the OMCYA established the Childcare Education and...

Written Answers — Post Leaving Certificate Courses: Post Leaving Certificate Courses (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Applications for places on individual Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses are made directly to the schools and colleges involved. Following an interview and assessment of suitability, conditional offers are usually made to applicants around May for courses beginning the following September. For school leavers, these offers are conditional on successful completion of the Leaving...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Short Time Working Training Programme was introduced in May 2009. FÁS administered the programme, which provided training to people on systematic short time for the days they were not working. The programme aimed to provide two days training a week for up to 277 workers. The Department of Social Protection continued to pay participants social welfare entitlements whilst they received...