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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school secretary payment deal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28911/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise in relation to an application for an incremental credit claim for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 1186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on the assistance that can be offered to a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 1187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1153 of 26 April 2022, if he will provide an update (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 1211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of applications to register a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: I understand from enquiries made by my officials that the Department of Education completed its review of the incremental credit application for the person concerned and advised Louth Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) of its decision, in late April 2022. LMETB has confirmed that it is currently processing the application of this decision, which involves complex calculations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: SOLAS published its response to the findings of the ESRI’s Evaluation of the National Youthreach Programmes in 2019. That evaluation found that the Youthreach programmes had significant value in re-engaging a vulnerable group of young people with learning, providing courses and approaches tailored to their needs and embedding education and training provision within a broader network of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1239 and 1261 together. SOLAS, the further education and training authority, has advised that it is currently supporting the provision of 15,892 places in health care courses in 2022 as follows: Course Planned Beneficiaries 2022 Healthcare Support (5M4339) 8,684 Nursing Studies (5M4349) ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1274, 1275, 1276 and 1277 together. The Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) provides funding to higher and further education institutions for the delivery of key services and supports for students with disabilities. It aims to support the personal, educational and professional development of the participating students. While historically administered...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 1913. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to reimburse international normalised ratio test strips and machines for warfarin patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 1994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to help the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30938/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (2 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: When first introduced in 1979, a candidate applying to be an Adult Education Officer (then known as Adult Education Organiser) would have been required to have a post-primary teaching qualification and the pay and other conditions for the role were aligned to that of a teacher. However, the post was not a teaching role and the duties included functions such as organising the programme of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28290/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Niall Collins: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will issue for persons (details supplied) given that the issue dates have passed. [28334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Niall Collins: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (31 May 2022)

Niall Collins: The 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) employ Tutors to deliver various Adult, Community and Further Education programmes. There are no standard pay arrangements or terms of employment for Tutors. Their pay and terms vary between different ETBs (and can vary within one ETB due to the amalgamation of former Vocational Education Committees into ETBs). Many of the programmes cover part-time...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank all the contributors to these statements. The importance of apprenticeships in society, both now and into the future, has never been more apparent than it is today. The action plan sets out new ways of structuring, funding and promoting apprenticeships to make apprenticeship more accessible to employers and learners. Expansion to date has widened the impact of apprenticeship to...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Niall Collins: I will finish my contribution then.

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Niall Collins: Apprenticeship is a statutory-based programme of structured education and training that formally combines learning in the workplace with learning in an education or training centre. The completion of an apprenticeship prepares the participant for a specific occupation and leads to a qualification recognised under the national framework of qualifications, NFQ, from level 5 upwards....