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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: Further Education and Training (FET) provides learners with key intermediate level skills, enhancing the productivity and adaptability of the Irish workforce.  It is delivered in a range of settings throughout the country, with FET providers firmly embedded in local communities.  A priority for my Department,  is to improve the quality of the settings in which FET is delivered,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Correspondence (24 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: I understand that the former Minister, Deputy Richard Burton, was in receipt of a request to meet a deputation from the school in question. The Patron of the school is the local Education and Training Board (ETB) and I understand that it is keeping the school and parents up to date on plans for the finish out of a building project at the school which ceased when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (24 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (24 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. Please note that the most recent data available in respect of 2018 is to 30 September. Apprentice Registrations - 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 - - - - - Sep-30 AUCTIONEERING Auctioneering & Property Services n/a n/a n/a n/a 44 Total 44 BIOPHARMACHEM Laboratory Analyst n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 Laboratory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: I am informed by SOLAS that there is no nationally collected data on participation by ethnic groups, including travellers for either apprenticeship or traineeship. The Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020 sets out a series of detailed actions and annual targets on how the expansion commitments in the area set out in the Action Plan for Education will be...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: Did they do that?

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: We will get it through.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: Access for eligible international protection applicants to the majority of further education and training programmes is free of charge, but international fees continue to apply for Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programmes and higher education courses. Arrangements in relation to payment of international fees for international protection applicants have not changed since 2001. PLC...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: The Council for Education, Recruitment and Training (CERT) was a training organisation specifically for the hospitality sector under the remit of Fáilte Ireland. There are currently no plans to re-establish a dedicated training organisation for the sector but rather to deliver the required education and training through the mainstream higher and further education and training sectors. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: Apprenticeship is a demand driven educational and training programme which aims to develop the skills of an apprentice in order to meet the needs of industry and the labour market. Consequently, the number of apprentices being registered in a sector is determined by employers in that sector. My Department and SOLAS are committed to supporting the registration of apprentices across all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: This Government is committed to doubling the number of people on an apprenticeship programme by 2020 and expanding the apprenticeship model into new sectors of the economy. Arising from our two calls for apprenticeship proposals in 2015 and 2017 sixteen new apprenticeships have now been developed in a range of new occupations, including financial services, engineering, ICT, hospitality,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (16 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: Science Foundation Ireland, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are three agencies of the Department that contribute significantly to medicines research and development. This funding is guided by Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) being an essential component in a company’s ability to maintain a competitive edge in the market. Companies and researchers that receive RDI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Industry (11 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: Any person holding a qualification from outside the State can use NARIC, Ireland's qualifications recognition and comparison service operated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), to get a statement on how their qualification compares with an Irish qualification.  There is no legal requirement to hold a specific qualification to work in the construction sector, other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (11 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (11 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: An Annual Student Contribution is levied on all students attending Institutes of Technology (IoTs).  Previously, this Annual Student Contribution was paid by FÁS/SOLAS with apprentices themselves paying the part of the contribution relating to examination fees. As part of Budget 2014, SOLAS ceased making payments to IoTs and apprentices pay the full pro rata Annual Student...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: No.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (10 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special...