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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (20 Sep 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: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees (20 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: Access to PLC provision for eligible international protection applicants is subject to the payment of the full economic fee. This is broadly in line with arrangements in the higher education sector. Arrangements in relation to payment of the full economic fee for international protection applicants have not changed since 2001 and it is the responsibility of each individual course...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Data (20 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority are responsible for the allocation of Post Leaving Cert (PLC) places to Education and Training Boards (ETBs) within the overall national provision and this is done through their annual service planning process. ETBs are then responsible for the allocation of places to PLC colleges in their areas. The national allocation for PLC places is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport (19 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: I thank Senators Conway-Walsh and Kieran O'Donnell. I will provide an outline of the extent of the school transport service which very many people may not be aware of. It is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In 2017 and 2018, over 117,000 children, including 12,000 with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport (19 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: I will engage with Bus Éireann in Limerick on the matter. I have regular engagement with Bus Éireann. On Senator Conway-Walsh's remarks regarding school transport, the Senator obviously does not know the system.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport (19 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: I do not think that is true because if it was, the Senator would know that the school transport scheme was put into operation for children who are eligible.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport (19 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: To be helpful, I will give the Senator an example.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport (19 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: In the case of a bus which serves an area in respect of which there are only 15 eligible children but 20 seats on the bus, rather than leave seats empty we allow concessionaries on the bus. The system provides for 24,700 concessionary children. However, if in the example given an eligible child comes forward the following year, he or she has a right under the scheme to a place on that bus,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport (19 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: I did not say that. The Senator is being dramatic.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport (19 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: The Senator does not know the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: 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 met. Over the lifetime of the plan 50,000 learners will register on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes. This represents a more than doubling of activity by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 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: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (18 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: The Vocational Training and Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is designed to cater for people who are over 21 years of age, are unemployed and have been getting certain social welfare payments for at least 6 months. This scheme provides a range of courses to meet the education and training needs of unemployed people. It gives participants opportunities to improve their general level of education,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 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: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 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: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 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: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 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: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 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: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 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 Data (18 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 to 192, inclusive, together. 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...