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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (21 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 113,000 children, including almost 11,000 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. Under the terms the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (21 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: This is an operational matter for Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board (LWETB). I have asked LWETB to contact the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (14 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 113,000 children, including almost 11,000 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. Under the terms of...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (14 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: Currently over 113,000 children, including almost 11,000 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 the scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children with...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: SOLAS has commenced the review on pathways to participation in apprenticeship, including participation of persons with a disability. As set out in the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020, the review will be completed by end the second quarter of 2018.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (9 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: The information requested by the deputy is set out in the following table: - 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Projected Number of Craft Apprenticeships 27 27 27 27 27 Forecast Registration for Craft Apprenticeships 3,390 4,147 4,697 5,087 5,587 Projected Number of New Consortia Apprenticeships 2 15 25 35 40 Forecast Registrations for New Consortia Apprenticeships 82 800 1,500 2,297 3,413 Total...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (9 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: I can inform the Deputy that the budget allocation for expenditure on Skillnets in each of the years 2011 to 2018 is outlined in the table: 2011 – 2016 Actual Year NTF Allocation Numbers Enrolled 2011 €14.5 Million 42,113 2012 €14.5 Million 44,000 2013 €15.1 Million 45,878 2014 €15.7 Million 46,449 2015 €16.2 Million 48,923 2016 €16.2...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to National Training Fund (NTF) and Exchequer current allocation and spend in each of the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 is set out in the attached tabular statement. All capital funding for apprenticeship training comes from the exchequer. Expenditure on capital relating to apprenticeships in the craft trades is...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: The number of participants enrolled in State funded traineeships as of the end of October 2017 is 2,659 which is ahead of the 2017 target set for the year of 2,600. The Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020 sets out a series of detailed actions and annual targets setting out how the expansion commitments in the area set out in the Action Plan for Education...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 to 355, inclusive, together. School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388 to 390, inclusive, together. The 2018 budget allocation for apprenticeship training is €122m which represents an increase of almost 24% on the 2017 allocation of €98.7m. The 2018 allocation is apportioned between SOLAS (€90m) and the HEA (€32m). This allocation is based on actual costings received during the budgetary...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (7 Nov 2017)
John Halligan: The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised post-primary teachers is set out by my Department in Circulars 29/2007 and 0029/2010. The criteria is agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC) which is comprised of representatives of teachers, school management, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Education &...