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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (17 Apr 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. The purpose of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (17 Apr 2018)

John Halligan: The delivery and enhancement of adult literacy and numeracy provision is being driven through the implementation of the Further Education and Training (FET) Literacy and Numeracy Strategy which is contained in the FET Strategy 2014-19. My Department, along with SOLAS, the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) and partner agencies are collaborating on the ongoing development and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (17 Apr 2018)

John Halligan: The SOLAS apprenticeship scheduling management system aims to call apprentices for their off-the-job training, on a longest waiting basis on the day of scheduling to the nearest available Education and Training Board or Institute of Technology. Whilst every effort is made to eliminate unnecessary travel, unfortunately for some apprentices it is impossible to avoid having to attend training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Apr 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: School Transport (17 Apr 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 116,000 children, including almost 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: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Apr 2018)

John Halligan: This Government is committed to expanding the apprenticeship and traineeship model into new sectors of the economy. The Government will double the number of apprenticeships through our Apprenticeship Plan.  Last year, a second call for apprenticeship proposals invited consortia of enterprise, professional bodies and education and training providers to submit proposals for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (17 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (29 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 116,000 children, including almost 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Mar 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 we will see 50,000 learners register on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes. This represents a more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 116,000 children, including almost 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (29 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: The National Training Fund Act, 2000 provides for a levy on employers to be used to give skills or to raise skills amongst those in, or seeking, employment. Funding from the National Training Fund (NTF) is allocated by my Department with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in accordance with the provisions of the National Training Fund Act, 2000. Section 7 of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (29 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: A commitment has been made in the 2018 Action Plan for Education to publish a policy framework for the Further Education and Training (FET) sector on Employee Development.  Work is progressing on development of the framework and is on schedule for publication in Quarter 3 with implementation scheduled to commence in quarter 4 of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Mar 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 is determined by employers within each sector. This Government is committed to supporting the increased registration of apprentices across all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 116,000 children, including almost 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: Departmental Funding (28 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I set out in a table outlining the information requested by the Deputy. The Adult Literacy budget provides the funding for the Family Learning initiative. - 2014 €’m 2015 2016 2017 2018 % Dept Budget €’m % Dept Budget €’m % Dept Budget €’m % Dept Budget €’m % Dept Budget Adult Literacy inc. Family Learning...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: It is also worth noting a scheme operated by Enterprise Ireland. It is a consultation scheme involving small to medium-sized enterprises that can get €5,000 from Enterprise Ireland. A number of consultations with small and medium-sized enterprises have taken place throughout the country. They involve the provision of information on the scheme and the way to engage to draw down the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I do not exactly know what the fund is but any small to medium-sized enterprise interested in taking up the scheme will get €5,000. I have to be honest with the Deputy and point out that they need to match funding with it but that scheme is in place and a number of meetings have taken place and more will take place across the country.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: -----help them to be prepared for Brexit. Essentially, it is to use the scheme to have a consultation on the impact of Brexit. It offers a company the facility to get more information and consultation on the effects Brexit will have on it. It is also important to note that Enterprise Ireland has advisers available all the time for any small to medium- sized enterprise. It has advisers on...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: There is a combination of factors involved. Some businesses and enterprises are prepared and will battle through Brexit and will be fine. The information has been slow to filter through. There may be a view that it will be followed up as we come closer to the event within six months or a year. Enterprise Ireland will re-engage in the next few months through its website and so on to let...