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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264, 266 and 267 together. In 2017, €98.7m has been allocated for apprenticeship training which represents a 40% increase on the 2016 spend of €69.6m. Future years' allocations will be determined through the normal budgetary process which takes account of competing demands and the overall availability of resources. The Apprenticeship Council is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: Both Cavan Institute and Monaghan Institute are operated by Cavan Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB).  CMETB works closely with both local authorities in Cavan and Monaghan as well as the local enterprise offices to ensure that the skills set is available in both counties to permit the growth and development of indigenous industry and meet the skills needs of those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

John Halligan: Through the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs), SOLAS funds community education provision throughout the country which is delivered at a local level supported by ETBs. Last year over €11 million was provided for community education, benefitting almost 54,000 learners in courses nationwide.  These courses cover a range of topics including subjects relevant to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 111 together. My Department allocates all of the recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions, including the Universities such as University College Dublin (UCD). The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of funding is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (18 May 2017)

John Halligan: The seven activities originally selected for YEI funding and the individual allocations for these activities over 2014/15 are provided in the following table.  As noted in the earlier reply, the YEI activities are fully funded up-front by the Exchequer and the EU Regulations allow for the 2014/15 allocations to be spent and claimed before the end of 2018.  No payment...

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (17 May 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 (17 May 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...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: I thank Deputy Lawless for his company in the visit to the European Space Agency, where a number of contracts were signed for Irish companies. The Deputy was part of the discussions and I am glad he was there. Science Foundation Ireland, SFI, funds a comprehensive suite of oriented basic and applied research funding programmes to deliver excellent research with impact in the fields of...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: It is a very good question and I make the point that Action 3.8 of Innovation 2020, Ireland's strategy for research and development, science and technology provides for a new programme to fund frontier research. As I stated, in April 2017, I launched the Irish Research Council's frontier research laureate programme with initial funding of €2.5 million and I can assure the Deputy that...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: We have the action plan to expand apprenticeships and traineeships, which runs from 2016 to 2020. The objective is to reach between 40,000 and 50,000 new apprenticeships. At one stage, before the recession, there were approximately 30,000 to 32,000 apprenticeships, which came all the way down to approximately 2,500 to 3,000. This figure covered apprenticeships at all levels, including...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: Yes. There is a combination of apprenticeships. The programme for Government, as the Deputy knows, includes a commitment to increase the cumulative number of apprenticeships to 31,000. There are a number of new apprenticeships. What we do is we regularly call to businesses, and it would not be unusual for a particular business group to ask to meet either the Minister for Education and...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: I will. Deputy Thomas Byrne spoke about it. The new apprenticeship we started is the insurance practitioner apprenticeship, which has a big take-up. There are also two further programmes, for example, one is in the international financial services, the IFS, which is interesting. The point the Chairman makes is that because there appears to be fewer people unemployed, the take-up among...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: The Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) has provided funding for top-class research infrastructure and human capital development across Ireland’s Higher Education Institutes in key strategic areas including bioscience, medical technologies, energy, social sciences and humanities, and ICT to name but a few. Since the PRTLI started in 1998, there have been 5...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (16 May 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: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: An allocation of €98.7m has been made available for apprenticeship training in 2017.  Currently, there are 30 apprenticeship programmes available, details of which can be found at www.apprenticeship.ie.  Subject to successful validation a further 10 programmes will commence during 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Currently Active Apprenticeships 2017 * Apprenticeship NFQ Level Duration CONSTRUCTION (7) Brick and Stonelaying Level 6 4 Years Carpentry and Joinery Level 6 4 Years Painting and Decorating Level 6 4 Years Plastering *** Level 6 4 Years Plumbing Level 6 4 Years Stonecutting and Stonemasonry Level 6 4 Years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (16 May 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. Children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: Set out in the following table compiled by SOLAS is the detail of the number of PLC places along with enrolment numbers for each ETB over the last three years. - - Enrolment Numbers Enrolment Numbers Enrolment Numbers Education and Training Board Approved Places 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Cavan Monaghan ETB  1,642 1,790 1,747 1,703 City of Dublin ETB 7,778...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (16 May 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. In general,...