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Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: That is only a tiny fraction of the €1 billion per month.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Only approximately 13% is attributable to bank interest.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: On that basis, it is incumbent upon all of us to approach the budgetary process in a responsible manner. The Haddington Road agreement suggests that all of us should work in as creative and innovative a fashion as possible to be able to re-engineer the delivery of services such that we do not arrive at the point of requiring to take what the Deputy described as measures of last resort, that...

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Employment (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Deputy is correct in pointing out that the Irish Hotels Federation has recently forwarded a report to my Department on job creation and training within the overall hospitality industry. It sets out the IHF's concerns over training and skills shortages in the hotel sector. It also sets out the key elements of the training needs in the hotel and guesthouse sector. The Minister, Deputy...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am pleased to outline the Government's position on the situation at St. Michael's House disability services. I begin by recognising the valuable contribution St. Michael's House makes to the provision of services to people with intellectual disabilities. In 2012, St. Michael's House received more than €70 million in funding from the HSE to provide a range of services to...

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government's view, which I am sure is shared by the Deputy as a member of the teaching profession, is that all teachers should be appropriately qualified and we must be able to stand over the quality of the teaching delivered in all schools. The commencement of section 30 of the Teaching Council Act will reinforce the Department's long-standing position that education in recognised...

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Employment (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Deputy Mulherin for raising this matter. Under the National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003, the training and education of workers in the tourism and hospitality industry fall under the remit of Fáilte Ireland, which is responsible for enterprise support, capability building and human resource development for the tourism industry. At the same time, SOLAS and my...

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this topic on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn. I thank Deputy Mitchell O'Connor for raising the matter. Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 is due to be commenced on 1 November 2013. It is designed to underpin the Department's policy of a registered and fully qualified graduate teaching profession. It prohibits payment by...

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, pursuant to 82A3(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and paragraph (8) of the Orders of Reference of Select Committees.

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: As the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, is unavoidably detained at another event, he has asked me to stand in for him today. I am more than happy to do so. I thank the Deputies who have contributed so constructively to this debate. This important legislation makes good on the Government's commitment to introduce attachment of earnings for the collection of fines. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Local Training Initiatives Places (26 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The FÁS training allowance paid to those in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance is generally aligned to the amount of the persons Jobseekers Allowance payment as determined by the Department of Social Protection which is subject to means testing. The FÁS training allowance is paid to participants in lieu of Jobseekers Allowance for the duration of the training course. The majority of...

Private Members' Business - Cuts in Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this important motion for consideration. It is always good to see education on the political agenda. Education is a subject of immense interest and importance for all of us, whether we are students, parents, educators or legislators. In its programme for Government this Government set out its aim to build a knowledge society, for education to be at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: Access to the Post Leaving Certificate (PLC), Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) and Youthreach programmes for non EU nationals in the following categories is available under the same conditions as apply to Irish nationals: persons who have refugee status in Ireland - be that convention or programme refugee status; persons in the State as the spouse of an EU national, where the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Farrell Grants Sparks, FGS, report entitled "Review of the overhead costs and indirect costs for the administration of the school transport scheme" was completed in October 2009. In completing its work on this report, FGS entered into a signed confidentiality agreement with Bus Éireann having regard to the fact that certain of the information made available to FGS by Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 237 together. As I advised the Deputy on 16th July, Bus Éireann, which operates school transport services on behalf of my Department, maintains a separate account for the School Transport Scheme. This account is audited each year by independent auditors and accounts in respect of the last number of years are available on my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The FÁS training allowance paid to those in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance is generally aligned to the amount of the persons Jobseekers Allowance payment as determined by the Department of Social Protection which is subject to means testing. The FÁS training allowance is paid to participants in lieu of Jobseekers Allowance for the duration of the training course. The majority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The annual charges for children who avail of school transport services are as follows:- Primary children: €100 Post primary children: €350. The maximum family contribution for families with primary children only is €220 and the overall family maximum is €650 per annum. The appropriate charges may be paid in two instalments in July and December. Children who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The college referred to by the Deputy is a private college which is not funded by my Department. Private colleges are autonomous bodies and the criteria governing their refund of fees is a matter for their institution and accordingly I have no role in relation to the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The college referred to by the Deputy is an approved Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) centre which is managed and funded by City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) from funding provided by my Department. Budget 2013 provided for the regression in the pupil teacher ratio for PLC courses from 17:1 to 19:1. Some alleviation of the reduction in teaching posts was allowed as a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The Deputy will be aware that from the commencement of the 2012/13 school year, school transport eligibility for post primary pupils is being determined by reference to the distance they reside from their nearest post-primary education centre having regard to ethos and language. Pupils who were eligible for school transport prior to the introduction of the above change will retain their...