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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (25 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the new apprenticeship programmes that have been developed is set out in the attached table. In addition, further new apprenticeships are to be submitted for validation to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) shortly and, subject to successful validation, it is expected that a further four new schemes will get underway later this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (25 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It is important to note, however, that SOLAS does not require employers to record whether an apprentice has a disability or a learning difficulty and therefore the attached sets out apprentices who have made a self-declaration in this regard. Every effort is made to support special need requirements that apprentices have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (25 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: As the Deputy is aware apprenticeship is a demand driven alternate educational and training programme and the allocation of provision is determined by the skill demands of employers. SOLAS, through its Skills and Labour Market and Research Unit (SLMRU) and its Apprenticeship Services Unit, regularly conducts forecasts of apprenticeship requirements. The methodology takes account of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Transport Costs (24 Oct 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 (24 Oct 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 Programmes (24 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: Education and Training Boards, on behalf of SOLAS, approve employers to take on apprentices.  I have asked SOLAS to contact the Deputy directly to outline the arrangements for becoming an approved employer.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Oct 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: Data Retention (24 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: A key aspect of the Further Education and Training (FET) Strategy 2014-2019 is to ensure that good data is available to support planning and funding of effective and high quality programmes. SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have developed a new FET data system, entitled the ‘Programme and Learner Support System’ (PLSS), to provide a single...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (19 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: Part of the role of the SOLAS Board is to approve grants to Education and Training Boards, and other appropriate bodies for further education and training programmes as detailed in annual Further Education and Training Services Plans. The SOLAS Board does not approve specific developments.  However in line with section 53 of the Education and Training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (18 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99, 100 and 104 to 106, inclusive, together. The material sought by the Deputies in relation to the number of apprentices on each apprenticeship programme is set out in the tables. Since its first call for proposals the Apprenticeship Council has been working with consortia to develop their proposals into sustainable apprenticeships that can be delivered on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (18 Oct 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. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (17 Oct 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. In...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Centres Programme (11 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: Innovation 2020 contains an action to develop a strategic approach to the development of existing and new research infrastructure programmes. A number of bodies are involved in its implementation, including my own Department.  Science Foundation Ireland, an agency of my Department runs research infrastructure calls for research equipment to support the research community in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (11 Oct 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: European Globalisation Fund (11 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: My Department does not have any current applications with the European Commission for support under the European Globalisation Fund.  While there are no firm proposals for applications for EGF support in the immediate future, my Department is continuing to monitor developments in a number of redundancy situations, such as that of Hewlett Packard, to determine...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (10 Oct 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. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications Data (10 Oct 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 (4 Oct 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: I want to briefly confirm what the Tánaiste has said. I was on a trade mission to South Korea and Japan and the level of expertise shown by Enterprise Ireland in such countries and the recognition of that by the Governments there and the agencies that work in conjunction with Irish agencies was really superb. For agencies from a small country, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: It is important to note that the south east had one of the highest levels of unemployment and that has significantly dropped, albeit that the employment rate has not increased to the same level as the rest of the country. However, unemployment has dropped significantly and employment has risen significantly. I met the directors of the IDA last week. The Tánaiste has been in contact...