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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification (17 Jan 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 424 together. SOLAS are the body responsible for the operation of the card schemes under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006. They are also the competent authority for recognising the qualifications of EU nationals who wish to undertake activities regulated under this legislation. This role is assigned to SOLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (17 Jan 2017)

John Halligan: The National Skills Strategy 2025 identifies Ireland's current skills profile, provides a strategic vision and specific objectives for Ireland's future skills requirements, and sets out a road map for how the vision and objectives can be achieved across the education and training sector. With over 140 Actions, the Strategy sets out the Government's commitment to improving and using skills...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (16 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: There are no direct grants available to providers. However, Education and Training Boards (ETBs) contract with private providers for the provision of training to address local skill needs.  Procurement opportunities in this context may arise from time to time in the area identified by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government Implementation (16 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 150 together. A detailed plan, setting out how we will deliver on the programme for government commitments, will be published shortly.  The plan will include details of our approach to managing the pipeline of new apprenticeships identified through the 2015 call for proposals. The plan will set out a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the 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. In general,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: The data sought by the Deputy is set out in the following tables: Table 1:Apprenticeship Costs/Funded Year €’000 * 2010 68.400 2011 43.353 2012 32.166 2013 27.942 2014 25.900 2015 34.800 2016 43.000*Direct provision costs in ETB training centres plus training allowances at all off the job phases excludes certain salary and support costs and provision costs in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: Two new statutory apprenticeships commenced in 2016. The Insurance Practitioner Apprenticeship was launched in September and the Industrial Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship in November. The new Insurance Practitioner Apprenticeship, developed jointly by the Insurance Institute of Ireland and Institute of Technology Sligo, will see apprentices work and receive practical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (16 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. Currently over 113,000 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 kilometres annually. The review...

Flood Prevention Measures: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I move amendment No. 2:(a) To delete all words from “the series of specific actions outlined” up to and including the words “State Agency Co-ordination Working Group” and substitute the following:“— the progress with the delivery of the series of specific actions outlined by the Government on 5 and 26 January 2016, to address and alleviate flooding...

Flood Prevention Measures: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: Yes. Given the breadth of functions served by the Shannon, including tourism, electricity generation and fisheries, the key recommendation from expert reports on how to manage the flood risk on the Shannon is to take a river basin approach and ensure plans and development are closely co-ordinated. Last winter, the Government took decisive action to establish the Shannon flood risk State...

Flood Prevention Measures: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: Yes, I will table an amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (13 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 13 July 2016, the number of organisations that have still not registered with the Charities Regulation Authority despite deadlines of 16 April 2016 and 31 October 2016 in tabular form; the number of charities that have registered and the level or overall registration compliance for organisations with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (13 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203 and 204 together. Circular letter M18/99 provides guidelines on violence in schools for second level schools and is not applicable to designated centres of education.  The Operator Guidelines for the Youthreach Programme  provide that all centres should have in place an up to date health and safety statement, based on the ETB master...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research and Development Funding (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 16 together. My Department recently secured Cabinet approval for the provision of a capital investment package of €60 million for expenditure in 2016. This will include €49 million for innovation, including the areas of research and development, science and technology. It includes funding of €27 million to Science Foundation...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research and Development Funding (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I acknowledge the Deputy's great interest in research and development. He has put questions to the Department on a number of occasions and I am always interested to meet with the Deputy. I want to go through a few things of interest and I promise to send on details to the Deputy within a couple of days. In the short time I have I will provide a list of the research performing institutes....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research and Development Funding (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: The Deputy is asking if cycle 5 of the programme is fully paid, or what is remaining to be paid. In monetary terms, cycle 5 was the largest of the five cycles which awarded a total of €359 million in funding across 36 distinct projects. My Department continues to make payments to the colleges via the Higher Education Authority in respect of the PRTLI cycle 5. Total expenditure by my...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I am taking this question on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, who is delayed in Brussels. On 3 November 2016, the Minister of State provided the Deputy with the most recently available breakdown of the value of approvals by county as at 21 October 2012, as given to the Minister of State by the new operator of those schemes effective from 17 October 2016 - the Strategic Banking...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I accept that the take up of the scheme outside Dublin is comparatively low and this is being looked at. It is consistently asked why the figure of €17 million is so low compared to the credit guarantee scheme-sanctioned figure of €61 million. I do not know if a breakdown of the approval of loans and distribution by county and the reason why many people outside Dublin do not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Supports (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: The planning and design of a successor to Cycle 5 of PRTLI is a key action in Innovation 2020 and is being progressed by my Department working closely with the Department of Education and Skills. Innovation 2020 has set ambitious targets to realise the potential of research and innovation in Ireland. The development of a new cycle of the PRTLI programme is a key component of Innovation...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: On the 24thof July the Government adopted a Contingency Framework identifying key policy issues to be managed by Government Departments arising from the referendum vote in the UK to leave the EU. In that Framework we commit to undertaking a full assessment of the opportunities and threats arising from the future disengagement of the UK from the EU, including in relation to Horizon 2020 funded...