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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Data (20 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: Details of all persons who served as chairperson and ordinary members of the Board of FÁS during 2012 and 2013 including remuneration and travel and subsistence paid in respect of attendance at Board meetings are attached. In relation to the one person one salary rule, this was implemented as soon as practicable having regard to individual Board members warrants of appointment already...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (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. The Summary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: During 2016 Enterprise Ireland (EI) spent €7.8 million on training activities during 2016. The National Training Fund contribution to funding these activities was €3.5 million with the balance of support coming from exchequer funding from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. Enterprise Ireland provides management development and training supports for Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: €3m was paid to the IDA from the National Training Fund in 2016. The 2016 report on activity is provided. It should be noted that the IDA Training Grants Programme is also supported through exchequer funding from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. Training Grants to Industry – IDA Ireland - 2016 €000 2015 €000 2014 €000 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (20 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. As the Deputy can see from the information provided Apprenticeship was one of the greatest casualties of the recession. Between 2006 and 2010 the number of apprentice registrations collapsed from 693 to 22. The number has no increased from 16 in 2011 to 70 in 2016. The end August 2017 figure is 58% ahead of the same...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (20 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: The following table provides a breakdown for each of the academic years 2012/13 to 2017/18 (to date) in the category requested by the Deputy. The data provided in the following table is in respect of students who applied to SUSI. The 2017/18 Student Grant Scheme was published on the 31stof March 2017. The qualifying criteria for the special rate of maintenance grant is as follows: 1. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (20 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: The principal support provided by my Department, is the student grant scheme. The scheme makes available means-tested financial assistance to qualifying full-time students in further and higher education. My Department also provides funding for the Student Assistance Fund (SAF). The fund is available in various publicly funded higher education institutions. The SAF provides financial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (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. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (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. In general,...

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. The...

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (11 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: A proposal has not as yet been received by my Department.  It would be expected that any such proposal would include an identification of local need and a consideration of options for addressing it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (11 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. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (11 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. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications Data (11 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (11 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. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (11 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: I understand from SOLAS that they have no plans to ask employers to capture and submit information around whether the apprentices they employ are members of the travelling community. As set out in the Action Plan to Extend Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020, a review will be undertaken of the pathways to participation in apprenticeship for a range of diverse...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (11 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 355 and 356 together. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the number of apprentices registered in 2017 on all phases of their apprenticeship is set out in the attached table. As the deputy is aware, the Apprenticeship Council is currently overseeing the expansion of the apprenticeship system into a range of new sectors of the economy....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (11 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, 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...