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Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (23 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: I have no problem with that.

Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (23 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. Before I address the issue of the review, I would like to give Members of the House an outline of the extent of the school transport service. It is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. It covers over 100 million km annually and in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (23 Nov 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. Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (23 Nov 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. As committed to in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (23 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: As committed to in the Programme for Government, a review of the concessionary charges and rules element of the School Transport Scheme has been undertaken and is being considered. School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (23 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (17 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: As the Deputy is aware, in order to be registered as an apprentice by SOLAS, a person must be employed by an approved employer in one of the 27 craft trades. Recruitment to apprenticeship is therefore driven by employers rather than by SOLAS or by education and training providers. The 2014 Review of Apprenticeship in Ireland acknowledged that the number of women employed in craft...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Travel (17 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: The Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation's visit to Palestine and Israel originated in an invitation from the Palestinian Minister for Education. The objective on this visit was to both demonstrate what Ireland is doing in the fields of education and training, and to observe and learn from what is being done in other countries, and to discuss problems arising and how they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (17 Nov 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. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (16 Nov 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. In general,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (16 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: The National Training Fund (NTF) was established under the National Training Fund Act 2000 to raise the skills of those in employment and to provide training to those who wish to acquire skills to take up employment. It is also used to provide information in relation to existing, or likely future requirements for skills in the economy. The Act, provides for the imposition of a levy on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (16 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: My Department does not specify the type of locker to be installed in schools. This is a matter for schools themselves. This is a local issue for individual schools and each pupil as to how they manage their locker space. This matter can be raised by pupils or their parents with their school authority for advice on locker management or, alternatively, with a view...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (16 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: My Department has already developed and will continue to develop ambitious strategies and actions in the education and training sector to meet the existing and future skills requirements of industry as well as sustaining economic success and converting economic success into building strong communities.   I launched the first Action Plan for Education with the Taoiseach and Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Investment Bank Loans (16 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 254, inclusive, together. The following information regarding the EIF/EIB agreements with Bank of Ireland and enet (Granahan McCourt Capital) is publicly available. More information on the FINEOS agreement is not publicly available and further information on these agreements cannot be provided as it may be commercially sensitive to the companies. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (15 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a mechanism which would allow a non-national spouse of an Irish citizen resident here to continue working freely within the EU without the need to constantly apply for visas for various Schengen countries; if she can use her discretional powers, as provided for in legislation, to grant an Irish passport based on the exceptional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 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. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: In September SOLAS published the 2016 National Skills Bulletin where shortage indicators are highlighted across a range of construction-related occupations from professional to craft to skilled operative. SOLAS has finalised its latest forecast for craft apprenticeship including construction-related apprenticeships. This forecast, in addition to the data and trends provided in the 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: The proposal from Kildare Wicklow ETB (KWETB) for the development of a new Education and Training Facility in Maynooth, County Kildare, requires a substantial capital investment. In May this year my Department informed KWETB that there is currently no dedicated capital funding for Further Education and Training projects and that the Department's overall capital budget for 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (15 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: My Department recently published the Action Plan for Education 2016 – 2019. The Plan provides a key statement on the reform agenda across education and training and contains a range of actions to be implemented with particular focus on disadvantage, skills, and continuous improvement within the education service Key objectives of the Plan that address skills shortages are to:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (15 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Apprenticeship Council was established in early 2014 to oversee the expansion of the apprenticeship system into a range of new areas. Its first task was to formally invite proposals for new apprenticeship programmes from consortia of enterprise, professional bodies and education and training providers. Over 80 separate proposals were received all of which were...