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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Education (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: We will get the Deputy all of what he has looked for after this session. There were 113 applicants, 86 of whom were male and 17 were female. A total of 70 of the applicants had completed their junior certificate and 40% of the applicants had their leaving certificate completed. In terms of the apprenticeship types, approximately 21 were in construction, 16 in electrical, two in engineering...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank Deputy Stanton. One of the five overarching objectives of the Action Plan for Apprenticeships, apprenticeships for all, is to ensure the profile of the apprenticeship population better reflects our general population. The plan promotes access, diversity and inclusion in apprenticeships and offers targeted supports to participants from underrepresented and socioeconomically...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I do not have the figure to hand right now but we will get back to the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Education (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for his question. The action plan for apprenticeships, which runs from 2021 to 2025 promotes access, diversity and inclusion in apprenticeships by offering targeted supports to encourage participation from under-represented groups such as the Traveller community. One of the plan's main objectives is apprenticeship for all to ensure that the apprenticeship population...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Education (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: The Traveller apprenticeship incentive programme is funded under the Dormant Accounts Fund scheme. The programme is aimed at increasing the uptake of and retention of apprenticeships. The programme is structured across three streams: a €3,000 bursary for each 20 Travellers who are employed as new apprentices; a €2,000 incentive payment to each of their employers; and each of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for her question. We have a singular focus on securing sustained reductions in waiting times for apprenticeship training. There has been a significant reduction in the number of apprentices waiting longer than six months for their off-the-job training. The backlog stood at 3,817 in January 2024. It was as high as 5,212 in in August 2023. The progress achieved results...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: It is important to bear in mind that normal waiting times for off-the-job training range from three to six months. That needs to be factored in. At the end of January, there were 8,967 apprentices waiting for training. That included a figure of 3,817 who had waited more than six months. The numbers waiting have significantly reduced from a peak of almost 12,000 apprentices in August 2021....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: We do not feel that is an issue. It has not been flagged to me, but we will look at it based on what the Deputy has said here today. As the Deputy knows, the national development plan, Housing for All and our climate action responsibilities and targets are a huge focus for all of us. We put significant resources into building our capacity to address the backlog which, as we know, was all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: As highlighted in the OECD Review there is a substantial provision of lifelong learning opportunities across all of the tertiary education system offered, for example, through such initiatives as Springboard+, the Human Capital Initiative, Skills to Advance and the work of Skillnet Ireland. The OECD Review confirmed that although Ireland’s lifelong learning performance exceeds EU...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 30 and 48 together. A proposal issued to staff representatives last year to establish a new grade of adult educator, with a standardised pay scale aligned with the Youthreach Resource person scale. This grade will apply to tutors employed in ETBs to deliver FET programmes, who are currently employed under a variety of terms and conditions. The provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Records (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and any relevant agency can update their records and databases to reflect the facts about a vehicle (details supplied) with which the owner is experiencing difficulties in insuring because of misinformation being associated with this vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8833/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: From enquiries made by my officials with City of Dublin ETB, I understand that the person concerned retired on ill-health grounds in late December 2023 and applied for the award of professional added years in early January. City of Dublin ETB submitted the application to the pensions section in the Department of Education, which retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB Sector, in mid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: SOLAS has advised that modern foreign languages courses (French, German, Spanish, Italian) are offered as part of some Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and other programmes such as the Back to Education Initiative and Community Education. Students pursuing PLC courses may qualify for maintenance grants under the SUSI PLC Grant Scheme if they satisfy the scheme conditions. The €200 PLC...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (22 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can help a community project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (22 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 303. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can help a community project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8501/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (20 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an approval letter will issue to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7684/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a drawdown (details supplied) can be expedited as a delay is being experienced in the Chief State Solicitor’s Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7966/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (20 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Finalising the outstanding pay claim for tutors is of the utmost priority for me and my Department. A proposal issued to staff representatives last year to establish a new grade of adult educator, with a standardised pay scale aligned with the Youthreach Resource person scale. This grade will apply to tutors employed in ETBs to deliver FET programmes, who are currently employed under a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will liaise directly with a school (details supplied) as soon as possible regarding a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7179/24]