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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 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: Further and Higher Education (15 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: Public Sector Pay (15 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 further education and training (FET) programmes. ...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I am advised that the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, is going to look at the whole area of biodiversity within the Bill as it stands. He is going to come back on Report Stage with an alternative proposal.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Please bear with us a minute.