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Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...safety convention. Section 69 provides for a small amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952 to update the definition of "Safety Convention" which relates to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, SOLAS. The definition was last updated in the Merchant Shipping Act 2010 and needs to be further updated to facilitate the transposition and...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...69 provides for a small amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952. It updates the definition of safety convention which relates to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, SOLAS. The definition was last updated in the Merchant Shipping Act 2010 and needs to be further updated to facilitate the transposition and implementation of convention...

Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (6 Feb 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...Bord na Móna, Dublin Airport Authority, the Grangegorman Development Agency, the Irish Film Board, the National Lottery Company, the Port of Cork, Road Safety Authority, Shannon Foynes Port Company, Shannon Airport Authority, SOLAS and the National Educational Welfare Board among others. While committees do not have a veto on these appointments, the fact that any chairperson proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Job Creation (7 Nov 2013)

Leo Varadkar: .... In looking forward to renewed growth in the sector, consideration will have to be given to the appropriate balance of direct enterprise support, entry level training and advanced/professional training. SOLAS, employers, further and higher education providers - particularly the Education and Training Boards - and Fáilte Ireland will all have complementary roles...

Tourism Employment (28 Mar 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy has asked whether I will mandate SOLAS to work with the hotel sector in the training of workers for the sector. As she may be aware, SOLAS comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills. Accordingly, I am not in a position to direct its operations. Over the past two academic years, Fáilte Ireland in conjunction with the institutes of technology has...

Tourism Employment (28 Mar 2012)

Leo Varadkar: Yes, I can do that. Deputies are aware that SOLAS has not yet been established on a statutory footing. It is designed to replace FÁS. It will come to the Cabinet in the next few weeks. I will discuss the matter with the Minister, Deputy Quinn. I understand that some industry groups will make a proposal with regard to training through SOLAS. Having said that, much of the entry-level...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (11 Jan 2012)

Leo Varadkar: My Department supports both the Work Placement Programme run by FAS and the JobBridge Internship Scheme run by the Department of Social Protection and Solas. The Department has facilitated six JobBridge graduate interns of 9 month durations and one four-week graduate internship through the EC funded Project "European Integration Scholarship – Speak European" during 2011.