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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: Within the education sector, there are a range of actions in place as well as a number being developed to support the skill needs of older workers, to enable them to remain attached to the workforce for as long as possible and to meet the evolution of Ireland’s education system to one that fully supports lifelong learning as envisaged by the National Skills Strategy 2025 and the Action...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: As the Deputy is aware, companies that invest in innovation are bigger employers and higher performers right across Europe. Enterprise Ireland has a research and development budget of €122 million. As the Minister has said, Enterprise Ireland is working with many high-tech companies exporting to the European Space Agency who are at the top of their game right across Europe. I have...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: I will be as brief as I can as I understand there is a vote at 6 p.m. Investment in research and innovation through the Department is all about delivering tangible economic impacts. In 2016, approximately €356 million was invested in research, development and innovation by the Department through its enterprise agencies, primarily Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: I will get all of the statistics for the Chair but one finds if one goes back through the years that there were highs and lows in collaborative projects. It does not mean there is a significant drop in investment in collaborations with client companies. If one looks at the years, it is also a consequence of the use of the 2016 Estimate figure. It is just a matter of highs and lows, but...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: Absolutely. We are also looking at growing the numbers over time and I think that will be sustainable and sufficient.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: We provide Enterprise Ireland with targets to reach every year on collaboration and investment. As the Deputy knows, collaborations vary across industries, institutes of technology and, of course, universities. At all times, however, there is a drive to hit targets and go above them. Every year, we set specific targets with the money that is provided. More research and more collaboration...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: No. The €319 million included a Supplementary Estimate allocation of €42 million.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: It depends on the Oireachtas. I hope so.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: As levels of activity in the construction sector continues to increase, demand for skilled and semi-skilled occupations is forecast to increase over the coming years. The planning of education and training provision is taking account of this forecast growth in demand in both the apprenticeship system and across broader Further Education and Training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: Following the Review of Apprenticeship Training in Ireland, the Apprenticeship Council was established in November 2014 to oversee the expansion of the apprenticeship system into a range of new sectors of the economy. The Council immediately began work on a call for proposals for the development of new enterprise-led apprenticeships.  The call issued in January 2015 and over 80...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: The EGF application in respect of Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland (LTAI) was based on a total estimated programme expenditure of €4,151,264, with an approved EGF contribution of €2,490,758 (60%) and national co-financing of €1,660,506 (40%).  My Department submitted the final report and expenditure statement on the LTAI EGF programme to the European Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 to 177, inclusive, together. Youthreach is an education and training programme delivered in out of school settings to young people aged 16 – 20 who have left the mainstream school system early.  It is a further education programme operated by Education and Training Boards (ETBs). The programme aims to provide young...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 115,000 children, including almost 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. It is a matter for Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (22 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: The education system at all levels has established a number of strategies to meet the existing and future skills demands in the workplace, including the National Skills Strategy 2025, the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019.  The National Skills Strategy 2025 and the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019 provide for the establishment of the National Skills Council (NSC) as a key...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (21 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: A number of strategies have been developed by the education and training system at all levels to meet existing and future skills demands in the workplace. Last year my Department published the National Skills Strategy 2025 and the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019 both of which contain over 100 actions designed to see the system become the best in Europe over the next decade. Some of these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 115,000 children, including almost 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, children...

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

John Halligan: Apprenticeship is a blended alternative training programme, with the off the job training element of apprentice mechanics courses delivered by Education and Training Board (ETB) training centres and Institutes of Technology (IoTs). Students are not charged a fee for participating in phase 2 of apprentice mechanic courses, which are delivered in ETB training centres. Phase 4 and phase 6...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: Normally the certificate is given to one invention but it has to be novel and different under the regulations. The objective is that it be useful. If somebody went to the trouble of doing innovative research on something and followed the criteria it would hardly be likely they would do it as a long-term tax scheme. I am sure they would do it for the sake of their invention and the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: The Patents Office administers the certificate. The invention has to be novel, non-obvious and useful and the applicant must self certify that it is a relevant company as set out in the Finance Act 2015. There is a possibility of misuse of the invention but we have to have some trust in the Patents Office, which has a pretty good record in the application of the criteria. We need to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: The office referred to in the Bill only looks at the criteria for patentability. The taxation issue is for the Revenue Commissioners and has nothing to do with the Bill which relates to patenting. It is not just to do with the individual or the small people who come together to form a company - sometimes not even a company - to come up with a product. There is the PTRLA, the funding for...