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- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. These changes include the requirement that a minimum of 10 eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, will be required to retain or establish a school transport service from 2011/12...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. These changes include the requirement that a minimum of 10 eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, will be required to retain or establish a school transport service from 2011/12...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. These changes include the requirement that a minimum of 10 eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, will be required to retain or establish a school transport service from 2011/12...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: As outlined in a previous reply of 14 April 2011, as far as the training activities of FÃS are concerned, I am currently reviewing options regarding the provision of further education and training and the structures to support it.
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from recommendations in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. Given the major financial constraints facing the country, I regret that I cannot reverse the changes to school transport as announced by the previous Government. We all have to understand the...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. Decisions in relation to the retention or establishment of school transport services will be made when all applications for school transport, for the 2011/12 school year, have been received...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. From the beginning of the 2011/12 school year a â¬50 charge, which applies to eligible primary pupils, is being introduced to ensure that school transport services are fully utilised in a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 176 together. Following the commencement on 1 January 2011 of the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010, the Department of Social Protection assumed the funding and overall responsibility for FÃS employment services and employment programmes. My Department has retained the funding and overall responsibility for...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The Report on the Value for Money Review of School Transport Services was published last March and is available on my Department's website. This Review identified that, in 2008, the annual unit cost per pupil for the provision of school transport was some â¬1,000, â¬950 and â¬7,000 for primary, post primary and children with special educational needs respectively. The breakdown of...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. These changes include the requirement that a minimum of 10 eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, will be required to retain or establish a school transport service from...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: As far as the training activities of FÃS are concerned, I am currently reviewing options regarding the provision of further education and training and the structures to support it.
- Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: At the beginning of this year the Department of Education and Skills was funding the provision of 148,500 Training places through FAS, Skillnets and the Labour Market Activation Fund, 168,000 Further Education places and 156,000 Higher Education places. The additional places announced in May in the Jobs Initiative of which 15,900 will be provided by my Department brings total Training places...
- Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The Programme for Government promised that an additional 15,000 places would be provided in training, education and work experience opportunities within the Government's first 100 days of taking office. In last month's Jobs Initiative the Government delivered an additional 20,900 training, education and work experience places. The Department is responsible for 5,000 of these additional...
- Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: My Department understands from FÃS that the following procedure applies to applications from individuals who are not registered as apprentices with FÃS for an exemption from a phase of apprenticeship training. A person wishing to apply for a training phase exemption from an apprenticeship programme must secure employment as an apprentice with a FÃS approved employer for the relevant...
- Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: My Department has been in touch with FÃS about the case of the person in question. I understand from the information supplied by FÃS that, at present, this person is redundant. FÃS has also informed my Department that to date, the person's competency results for Phases 3 & 5 of his apprenticeship have not been submitted to FÃS by his previous employer. FÃS has advised that a FÃS Senior...
- Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: My Department has been in contact with FÃS about the case of the person in question. FÃS has informed my Department that this person's application for the award of the FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate â Craft is currently being reviewed by FÃS Service to Business. FÃS has advised that it will be in contact with the person in the coming days to obtain clarification in relation to...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: In December 2010 the European Commission approved the Irish application for European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) co-financing assistance in support of workers made redundant at the S R Technics aircraft maintenance facility at Dublin Airport in 2009. The EGF application was for a total of â¬11.46m, of which the approved EU contribution is â¬7.45m. Funding for the EGF programme...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: Changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from recommendations in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. It is important to stress that there are a number of dimensions to the cessation of the Closed School Rule (CSR). The first of these, which will be implemented from September 2011, involves the...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: The 2011 estimate for school transport services is â¬180 million. Expenditure on school transport provision since 1998 is as follows: Year Outturn (millions) 1998 â¬51.201 1999 â¬57.978 2000 â¬65.082 2001 â¬77.058 2002 â¬95.986 2003 â¬101.733 2004 â¬109.846 2005 â¬122.157 2006 â¬159.685 2007 â¬172.106 2008 â¬185.725 2009 â¬177.567 2010 â¬181.409
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)
Ciarán Cannon: Changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from recommendations in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. Given the major financial constraints facing the country, I regret that I cannot reverse the changes to school transport as announced by the previous Government in Budget 2011. We all have to...