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

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

John Halligan: The National Training Fund (NTF), which is funded by the National Training Fund levy, was established by the National Training Fund Act, 2000, as a dedicated fund to support the training of those in employment, and those seeking employment. The Act also provides for the funding of research to provide information on existing and likely future skills requirements of the economy....

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 Applications Data (7 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...

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

John Halligan: As set out in the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland, SOLAS is currently reviewing pathways to participation in apprenticeship, including for people with disabilities. The review will identify any barriers that may exist to participation in an apprenticeship programme. The purpose of the review is to ensure that our national apprenticeship system is more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: The McIver Report, which was a review the PLC programme, contained 21 over-arching recommendations, which incorporated 91 sub-recommendations. It was estimated at the time, in consultation with management and staff interests, that the recommendations for staffing would involve at a  minimum the creation of at least 800 new posts at a cost of over €48  million....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153, 154, 179 and 180 together. Skillnets Ireland Ltd, established in 1999, is an enterprise-led body funded through the National Training Fund (NTF) to provide companies with new opportunities to develop relevant, effective answers to their training and development needs. Skillnet Ireland is funded through the National Training Fund (NTF) to act...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to task Questions Nos. 170, 171 and 174 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out on the attached tabular statements.  Please note that SOLAS captures apprentice population figures for end of each year and year-to-date only and therefore June 2017 figures are not available at this time. Apprentice Registrations 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 YTD*...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out on the attached tabular statement.  I have been informed by SOLAS that their records show traineeship as two programme categories, Traineeship (for employment) and Traineeship (in employment) and therefore some of the information in relation to gender and employment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to National Training Fund (NTF) and Exchequer allocation for apprenticeship training in each of the years 2015 to 2018 is set out on the attached tabular statement. Future years' allocations will be determined through the normal budgetary process which takes account of competing demands and the overall availability of resources. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: This Government is committed to expanding the apprenticeship model into new sectors of the economy. A key commitment in our Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship for last year was to issue a second call for apprenticeship proposals to refresh the pipeline of apprenticeship proposals established through the first call. The call closed on 1stSeptember with 77 proposals received from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Staff (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: Below is the number of permanent staff by grade and by year employed within the Construction Services Unit. In addition, please see below the number of agency staff employed by Construction Services by grade and by year since 2014. Agency Staff 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2 Grade 11 1 Grade 8 2 Grade 11 1 Grade 8 2 Grade 11 1 Grade 8 2 Grade 11 1 Grade 8 1.5 Grade 11 1 Grade 8 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: Further Education and Training (FET) provision, including apprenticeship training, is planned at a national level by SOLAS.  Applications for funding for FET are made to SOLAS by Education and Training Boards (ETBs) as part of the overall FET planning process. It is a matter for the management of each ETB to decide on the allocation of funding to FET programmes and to schools and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: The Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) Technology Centre was established in 2014 under the joint Enterprise Ireland IDA Technology Centres programme. Technology Centres are organised to respond rapidly to industry defined needs and conduct market-relevant R&D in partnership with collaborating groups of companies. Participating companies propose areas and themes of greatest relevance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (11 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: Reflecting their respective roles and responsibilities in relation to the governance and oversight of the higher education sector, my Department and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have consistently sought to treat information received regarding possible wrongdoing very seriously, both prior to and subsequent to the enactment of the Protected Disclosures Act in July 2014. In particular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Community Training Centres (11 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: The pay and conditions approved for Local Training Initiative (LTI) coordinators is a matter for their employers and the national authorities. It is further noted that LTI Programme has not, to date, been selected for inclusion in the ETB Training for the Unemployed operation within the current Irish ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020. The activities...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (11 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 116,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being 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 almost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (11 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: Last Wednesday I, along with Department and SOLAS officials, met with the Deputy, who was joined by Dublin Dún Laoghaire ETB (DDLETB) and the principal of Blakestown Community school, in relation to this matter. It was agreed at the meeting that DDLETB/Blakestown would send a proposal to SOLAS in relation to the fitting out and allocation of four additional PLC provisions commencing in...

Other Questions: Research Funding (10 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: I thank the Deputy for his interesting question. Investment in research, development and innovation increases economic productivity and competitiveness, improves quality of life and health and has positive social and environmental outcomes. There is no question that with the advancements in technology over the next ten, 15 or 20 years every country will have to invest substantially in...