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Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: On 11 May, my Department wrote to providers inviting applications for the allocation of the additional 1,000 Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) places announced as part of the Government's Jobs Initiative. In allocating places, my Department will have regard to current and previous demand from individual providers, current and previous uptake (enrolment trends), current allocations to...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The co-funding of relevant education and training measures through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in support of redundant S R Technics workers is strictly time limited to finish on 9 October 2011. This end date is determined at two years from the date of application in accordance with the regulations governing the operation of the fund, and cannot be extended. This...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 139 together. The decision to remove the Rural Coordinator Service from 331 rural DEIS schools was a measure taken by the last Fianna Fail - Green Party Government to secure some €24 million in savings in the 2011/2012 school year. The service will therefore be discontinued with effect from 31 August 2011. I do not intend to revisit the decision of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Value for Money Review of the School Transport Schemes was carried out as part of the 2009-2011 round of Value for Money Reviews approved by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and was conducted in accordance with the criteria for such reviews set out in the Department of Finance Value for Money and Policy Review Initiative Guidance Manual. The emphasis in such reviews is on...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: My Department provides grant-in-aid funding, part-funded by the National Lottery, to a number of organisations providing adult education, cultural and scientific activities. The funding is for their general running expenses. The Department has not allocated funding from the National Lottery Beneficiary Fund to any projects in the Cork North Central constituency in the categories referred to...

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The decision to remove the Rural Coordinator Service from 331 rural DEIS schools was a measure taken by the last Fianna Fail - Green Party Government to secure some €24m in savings in the 2011/2012 school year. The service will therefore be discontinued with effect from 31 August 2011. I do not intend to revisit the decision of the previous Government to withdraw rural coordinator posts....

Written Answers — Home-School Liaison Scheme: Home-School Liaison Scheme (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) is a mainstream preventative programme and a major component of DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, which targets pupils at risk of not reaching their potential in the educational system because of background characteristics which tend to adversely affect pupil attainment and school retention....

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: My Department provides grant-in-aid funding, part-funded by the National Lottery, to a number of organisations providing adult education, cultural and scientific activities. The funding is for their general running expenses. The Department has not allocated funding from the National Lottery Beneficiary Fund to any projects in the Cork North Central constituency in the categories referred to...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 May 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. This review identified that, in 2008, the unit cost per primary pupil for the provision of school transport (excluding special needs pupils) was €1,020. From the beginning of the 2011/12...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: As part of a commitment in Budget 2010, the Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme was introduced in September 2010 by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to support students and trainees participating in certain FÁS and Vocational Education Committee (VEC) further education and training programmes. The CETS programme is expected to transfer shortly...

Modern Language Teaching (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn. The Minister is aware of the importance of promoting competence in a range of languages to support business and employment opportunities in Ireland and abroad. However, there is a range of factors which must be considered in future decisions on language education at different...

Hospital Services (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children. I thank the Deputy for raising it. This provides me an opportunity to update the House on this matter and to outline the position, especially in regard to the handling of parliamentary questions by the Minister for Health and Children. Approximately 6,000 parliamentary questions are tabled each year to the Minister,...

Health Services (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy James Reilly. I am happy to have the opportunity to address the issue of the provision of dental services at Derrinturn Health Centre, County Kildare, as raised by Deputy Bernard Durkan. The service provided has operated approximately two days per week. Up until now it has been...

Air Services (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am not responsible for transport issues, only health and education.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The funding made available by the Government to the jobs initiative will be used solely for that purpose. 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. Given the major financial constraints facing the country, I regret that I cannot...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: To be eligible for school transport children must reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and be attending their nearest national school, as determined by my Department, having regard to ethos and language. Eligible children for whom no transport service is available may, following their application for transport, receive a Remote Area Grant towards the cost of making private transport...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: To be eligible for post-primary school transport pupils, including transition year pupils, must reside not less than 4.8 kilometres from, and be attending, their appropriate post-primary education centre/school, as determined by my Department. Eligible pupils for whom no transport service is available may, following their application for transport, receive a Remote Area Grant (RAG) towards...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: To be eligible for school transport children must reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and be attending their nearest national school, as determined by my Department, having regard to ethos and language. Eligible children for whom no transport service is available may, following their application for transport, receive a Remote Area Grant towards the cost of making private transport...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 to 198, inclusive, together. The four year national recovery plan requires savings of €4.5 million to be made through operational efficiencies and other savings measures in the school transport budget in 2011, rising to overall full year savings of €17million by 2014. The aggregation of the measures being implemented arising from the Value for Money...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil – Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the published Value for Money Review of the scheme. From the beginning of the 2011/12 school year a €50 charge, which applies to all eligible primary pupils, is being introduced to ensure that school transport provided for these...