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

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together I am advised by SOLAS that the number of young persons aged under 25 who enrolled on VTOS courses in 2015 was 827. The scheme was introduced in 1989 and was designed specifically to provide for the needs of those who are long-term unemployed with minimal or no qualifications to facilitate their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Allowances (15 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. The training allowances, funded by my Department through SOLAS, paid to participants on Further Education and Training courses are based on Department of Social Protection payment rates. The increase to €193 per week for jobseekers aged under 26, announced in Budget 2017, will be paid from September...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: 495. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has fully assessed the safety implications of the south east region, University Hospital Waterford (UHW) and adjacent hospitals having full reliance on a single cardiac catheterisation laboratory which is located in UHW in the provision of life critical procedures in that geographic area; his views on whether the lack of a second...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (8 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. Under the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (8 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. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 63 together. The forecast registrations for existing apprenticeships is set out in the following table. As the Deputy will be aware, the route to an apprenticeship is through gaining employment with an approved employer.  SOLAS has informed me that the forecast for future apprenticeship registrations is strong and the number of apprentices being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: The reform of the Further Education and Training (FET) sector involves the future delivery of further education and training in an integrated manner.  This involved the transfer of training centres from SOLAS to ETBs.  Seven training centres and their staff transferred to four ETBs on 1 January 2014 while a further twelve training centres transferred to seven ETBs on 1 July 2014. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (2 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. One of the main...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (2 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: Education Centres are independent statutory bodies under Section 37 of the Education Act (1998) and are managed by voluntary Management Committees elected annually and comprised mainly of teachers. Therefore staffing arrangements are managed by the centre in question. My Department is the main source of funding for Education Centres through direct budget allocation towards administrative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (2 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: The School Transport Appeals Board is independent of my Department. The Deputy will be aware that the role of the Board is, broadly, to examine appeals against decisions made by, or on behalf of, the Department of Education and Skills regarding the provision of school transport services and/or grant-aid under the terms of the School Transport Schemes. The total payments made to members...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (2 Nov 2016)

John Halligan: Table CRAFT Forecast Registrations 2016 Actual Registrations as at October 31st '16 Forecast Registrations 2017 Forecast Registrations 2018 Forecast Registrations 2019 Forecast Registrations 2020 BRICK & STONELAYING 65 45 65 95 140 180 CARPENTRY & JOINERY 425 318 570 700 810 1045 CABINET MAKING 0 0 0 0 0 0 FLOOR & WALL TILING 0 0 0 0 0 0 PAINTING &...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (27 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: Primary responsibility for the delivery of adult literacy services, including persons with dyslexia, is with City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). I have asked CDETB to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: Budget 2017 saw an additional €20 million made available from the National Training Fund (NTF) to provide for increased apprenticeship and traineeship activity in 2017.  This has been made available through rebalancing NTF expenditure in 2017 due to reduced demand for training for unemployed people due to the continued economic growth and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (27 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: SOLAS has advised that the scope of contract training and the terms and conditions for both suppliers and buyers are detailed in the procurement documents as published on the Government e-tenders website. SOLAS informs me that there are no restrictions in relation to the procurement of training providers for traineeships. Delivery of these programmes can be achieved either through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (26 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: Education and Training Boards and Institutes of Technology deliver off-the-job training for apprenticeship programmes and they are responsible for the recruitment of apprenticeship instructing staff. However, my Department works closely with both SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority in monitoring the overall staffing requirements in institutions to deliver and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (25 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: As the Deputy will be aware there are currently 27 trades covered by the existing apprenticeship system. Historically these apprenticeships have been concentrated in sectors where employment is largely male and as a result female participation has been low.  There are efforts to increase female participation in the current trades, including a bursary scheme, however, despite this the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (25 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2016/17 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (25 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: Tipperary Education and Training Board receives staffing approvals from my Department, for categories of staff such as teachers, other school support staff and head office administration staff. However, the way in which staff are recruited and assigned between Head Office, individual schools, colleges and other centres in the county is a matter for Tipperary ETB. Accordingly, my Department...