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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (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...

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

John Halligan: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 198 to 202, 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...

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

John Halligan: Officials in my Department contacted the school on this matter who informed me that the decision to discontinue adult education was made due to a space and capacity issue and to allow the secondary school to focus on the needs of its secondary school students. The adult education programme was discontinued on a phased basis to ensure the least disruption as possible to learners. Adult...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (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 Eligibility (7 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 remotely from their nearest school. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including almost 12,000 children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Funding (7 Sep 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, in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (7 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement. County Current Apprentice Population 4/9/18 WICKLOW 293 WEXFORD 456 WESTMEATH 345 WATERFORD 693 TIPPERARY 501 SLIGO 203 ROSCOMMON 94 OFFALY 194 MONAGHAN 176 MEATH 643 MAYO 428 LOUTH 382 LONGFORD 84 LIMERICK 709 LEITRIM 116 LAOIS 167 KILKENNY 349 KILDARE 602 KERRY 394 GALWAY 563...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (7 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: My Department understand from engagement with your office that the individual referred to in this parliamentary question is a teacher employed by an Education and Training Board (ETB). Each school Board of Management or ETB has sole responsibility for the appointment of its teachers. The ETB is a statutory body with its own corporate status established under the Education and Training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (7 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 (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (7 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: Securing additional skills supply from education and training to meet the needs of the construction sector is a major focus of my Department as part of broader Government actions to increase housing supply and roll out the National Development Plan (NDP) and the National Planning Framework (NPF). A Construction Sector Working Group is being established to ensure regular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Back to Education Allowance (7 Sep 2018)

John Halligan: The Back to Education Allowance is a scheme managed by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.  Questions regarding costs on the scheme should be addressed to the Minister.