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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Annual Student Contribution is levied on students attending Institutes of Technology. The amount due by apprentices is calculated on a pro rata basis of the time which they spend in Institutes of Technology during the academic year. This is typically one third of the Annual Student Contribution (€2,500 for academic year 2013/2014) paid by students attending for the full academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: This is a day to day operational matter for SOLAS. I understand from SOLAS that the individual in question was interviewed for the above course. As this course was oversubscribed she has been placed on a reserve list for the next course which is due to start in March 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Under the Skillnets' funding mandate with my Department, Skillnets are required to provide training and related services to 40,000 persons or the equivalent in training days (200,000). Of this total figure, training and related services must be provided to 8,000 unemployed or part-time workers, or to the equivalent in training days (47,500). In 2012, Skillnets delivered 53,381 training days...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Places (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The following data is provided on the basis that the Deputy is referring to the number of places reserved for under 25s rather than under 26s. In each of the years 2010 to 2012, the Youthreach programme, which is directed at young early school leavers aged 15 to 20, delivered over 3,600 places. In 2012 the Momentum programme had a dedicated theme to meet the specific needs of the long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Under a new round of Momentum in 2014, 2,000 training places will be targeted specifically at unemployed people aged under 25 at a cost of approximately 6 million euro.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training Allowances (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: In common with most participants on SOLAS courses, the training allowance payable to the person in question is equivalent to his social welfare entitlement. Course participants must bring a document signed by a DSP officer with them when they commence a course. This document shows the training allowance to which the individual is entitled. The person in question is also in receipt of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The annual student contribution is levied on students attending Institutes of Technology. The amount due in respect of full time students for the academic year 2013/2014 is €2,500. The Annual Student Contribution has been levied in respect of apprentices since 2004, with apprentices paying the element of the contribution relating to exams and SOLAS paying the balance. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (26 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The education system has a key role to play in fostering and developing the skills and innovation base to support the development and expansion of the enterprise sector. The development of appropriate skills for the workplace has implications for curricula, programme design and teaching methodologies at all levels of the education system. As enterprise sectors develop and expand, demand for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Annual Student Contribution is levied on students attending Institutes of Technology. The amount due by apprentices is calculated on a pro rata basis of the time which they spend in Institutes of Technology during the academic year. This is typically one third of the Annual Student Contribution, which €2,500 for the academic year 2013/2014, paid by students attending for the full...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (21 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann which operates the school transport scheme, on behalf of my Department, has advised that a school transport service operating to the school in question was withdrawn for the 2011/12 school year as the number of children who were eligible for school transport had fallen below the minimum number required. In accordance with the terms of my Department's Primary School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: In the design of the Momentum Programme, consideration was given to the question of additional payments/supports but in the current difficult economic circumstances, it was decided that no additional payments, other than the retention of social welfare benefits, was warranted. This approach was discussed between the relevant Government Departments when the Programme was being designed last...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Deputy will be aware that Bus Éireann is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes. Bus Éireann endeavours, within available resources, to ensure that each eligible child has a reasonable level of school transport service in the context of the Scheme nationally. The family in question are availing of a school transport service within the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann has advised my Department that there are no school transport services, under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme, operating into the facility in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The school referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied will be an English-medium post primary school with an Irish Aonad. It is due to open for enrolments for the 2014/15 school year. Applications for transport for the 2014/15 school year will be considered in line with the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Remit (19 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: This is a day-to-day operational matter for SOLAS. I am informed that Safe Pass is a renewable licensing requirement for all persons working in the construction sector as opposed to a certificate of training. Safe Pass is not currently contained within these programmes nor is it envisaged that it will be included in these programmes in the future. Construction, warehousing and other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Training Programmes Provision (19 Nov 2013)

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (19 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department has advised that the family in question were late in submitting their payment details. Unfortunately, by the time the details were received the service was operating to capacity in that all of the seats had been allocated.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (14 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The case referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, is the subject of an appeal to the School Transport Appeals Board. This Board is independent of my Department and I understand their next meeting is scheduled for 21 November 2013. The Board will inform the family directly of their determination on the matter.

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (12 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position in respect of the Ballyfermot national schools to which the Deputy referred. The four schools concerned are St. Raphael's national school, Dominican convent, a senior girls infant mixed school; St. Gabriel's national school, Dominican campus, a senior girls infant mixed school; De...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (12 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Schools in this country are independent, autonomous entities managed by a board of management, and each board of management has a significant representation from the parent body of the school, the local community and the staff of the school as well. No decision on the future of a school can be taken without significant consultation with all those groups. Neither can any decision can be...