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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (23 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. Currently in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 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 km annually. The Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million km annually. Buses provide services...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (22 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: This is an operational matter for Limerick Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB).  I have asked LCETB to contact the Deputy directly in relation to the matter.

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

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 to 177, inclusive, together. Schedule 5 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013 sets out the occupations which are covered under the Construction Skills Certification Scheme. Individuals working in construction in any of the occupations listed in Schedule 5 of the Construction Regulations are legally required to be in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (21 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Within the further education and training sector, a broad range of supports are provided through the Education and Training Boards to support the participation of learners with a disability, including learners with dyslexia.  As well as general adult literacy support, specific supports provided for person suffering from dyslexia can include:-  - Access to tutors with specific...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Assistance (21 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: In August 2015 the decision was taken on a pilot basis to provide students in the asylum protection system with access to the student support scheme to ensure that they could continue their education.  Following a review of the scheme last year, I was pleased to announce the continuation of the scheme for 2016/17.  Under the scheme, students in the asylum protection...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (21 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for major capital works to my Department.  Applications for major capital works are considered in the context of the very significant challenge facing my Department in prioritising available capital funding for essential mainstream classrooms to meet the demand for extra school places and where an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 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: Education Funding (16 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: The Local Training Initiative Programme (LTI) has not, to date, been selected for inclusion in the ETB Training for the Unemployed activity within the current ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020. The projects currently selected for support under this activity are Specific Skills Training; Bridging-courses and Traineeships. The ESF Managing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses (16 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Skillnets is an enterprise-led agency, where groups of private sector companies come together to provide solutions to identified training and learning needs. One of the networks funded under the Skillnets Training Networks Programme is the Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet. Four years ago, the Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet began a consultation with the local childcare industry and childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (15 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) has been working with the Trinity Adult Resource Group for Education and Training (TARGET) on the provision of Further Education and Training programmes in Donaghmede for over 20 years. Over the years, TARGET have provided a range of education courses to cater for the life-long learning needs of adults in the community as well...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (15 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. Currently in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 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. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland (15 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: The SFI programmes referred to are largely legacy programmes that have been replaced by other programmes in recent years. SFI research outputs data for 2015 indicates that there have been 30 Higher Education Institute (HEI) collaborations with academic researchers in Northern Ireland across three programmes: the US-Ireland R&D Partnership, the SFI Investigators Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland (15 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Travelling arrangements have yet to be finalised but it is envisaged that between 15-20 representatives from SFI Research Centres will attend meetings in Washington including the awarding of the SFI St. Patrick’s Day Medal. No SFI Researchers attending have indicated that they will be unable to travel due to the US executive order on travel. The SFI St. Patrick’s Day...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Over the last five years, SFI has put significant effort into enhancing Ireland’s scientific collaborations with the UK. SFI co-funds with Wellcome, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), and the Royal Society and more recently has agreed collaborative arrangements with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Centre (EPSRC). SFI also fosters...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (14 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169, 180 to 182, inclusive, and 199 together. My Department has overall responsibility for policy development for education and training provision across the economy including the hospitality and tourism sector. There are no plans to re-establish a dedicated training organisation for the sector, but rather to deliver the required education and training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I wish to advise the Deputy that a major capital development proposal was received from the then City of Galway VEC, now Galway and Roscommon ETB, in relation to Galway Technical Institute in 2011.  In November 2015, the Department received further correspondence from Galway and Roscommon ETB on the matter. The Deputy will be aware that my Department’s current priority is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (9 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: The annual grants budget to Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for 2017 is €162.5 million. The agency does not predetermine or “ring fence” specific funding allocation for basic or applied research.  Funding decisions are made through international peer review on the basis of research excellence and impact. However, an analysis published in SFI's Annual Report 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Policy (9 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: My Department has overall responsibility for policy development for education and training provision across the economy including the hospitality and tourism sector. There are no plans to re-establish a dedicated training organisation for the sector, but rather to deliver the required education and training through the mainstream higher and further education and training sectors, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I will be very brief.