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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: In terms of the development of greenways, the economic indicators in Scotland, Switzerland, Austria and so on for the past ten or 15 years have shown their economic value. They attract proficient cyclists, walkers and so on from other countries. SMEs also set up along their greenways. As the Chairman knows, 37 or 40 small businesses - pubs and restaurants - have been reinvigorated and...

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: As the Tánaiste said, I have responsibility in the Department for issues relating to research, development and innovation, or RDI. I am happy to speak about the importance of innovation and to outline to members some of the activities being delivered under the programme B expenditure area. I am pleased that by comparison with the position at the start of 2016, an additional €65...

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 thank Deputy Quinlivan for his incisive questions at the many meetings he attended in the Department. In regard to Irish membership of CERN, Innovation 2020 contains an action in this regard and we are already negotiating Ireland's membership options. In January 2016, the then Minister of State with responsibility for skills, Deputy Damien English wrote to CERN in order to commence the...

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 thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (3 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: SOLAS has confirmed to my Department that it does not own any property on Shanliss Road and their records indicate that FÁS did not own property on this road either.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (3 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: In line with Government policy, SOLAS is working with Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to meet the expanding needs of the apprenticeship programme which has expanded by 54% since August 2015, 36% since August 2016, and is forecast to continue to expand out to 2020. Additional facilities are required to meet this increased demand for apprenticeship training. In order to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (3 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: Key statistics and data on individual schools is available on my Department's website, including data on enrolment figures for individual schools, for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. The following is the link to access such information: . The following table displays the enrolments for Tipperary ETB for the periods requested: School 2015 2016 2017* Borrisokane Community College...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Expenditure (3 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 185 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that my department provided an annual allocation of €2.5 million to SOLAS for capital expenditure on equipment and small capital works in training centres across all Education and Training Boards.   SOLAS has confirmed that the there has been no allocation for capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Expenditure (3 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 186 together. The information requested by the Deputy regarding payments from SOLAS to Tipperary ETB in the years 2014 to 2016 in respect of current expenditure is outlined in the following table.  The 2017 annual allocation is also provided.  SOLAS was established in October 2013 and allocated full year funding to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 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 Education and Skills: School Transport (3 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 Education and Skills: School Transport (3 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 Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (26 Sep 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 Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (26 Sep 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 Education and Skills: School Transport Data (21 Sep 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (21 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: The qualifying criteria for the special rate of maintenance grant is as follows: 1. The student must qualify for the standard rate of grant; 2. Total reckonable income, after income disregards and Child Dependant Increase(s) are excluded, must not exceed €23,000; and 3. As at 31st December 2016, the reckonable income must include one of the eligible long-term social welfare payments...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (21 Sep 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 Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (21 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: A total of €69.6 million was spent on apprenticeship training in 2016. A budget allocation of €98.7 million has been made available for apprenticeship training in 2017, an increase of over 40%. The information requested by the Deputy in respect apprenticeship training in 2016 and to date in 2017 is set out in the following tables.  Apprentice Population 2016 2017 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: SOLAS does not operate a capacity model in the managing of the provision of the existing craft apprenticeship programmes. Apprenticeship is a demand driven alternance training programme and the allocation of provision is determined by the level of recruitment of apprentices by approved employers. As the Deputy is aware, the Apprenticeship Council was established in November 2014 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (20 Sep 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. Bus...