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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes Data (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: The information the Deputy has requested is set out in the table. FAS - Training Programmes 2013 - Cavan Location Duration [Weeks] Capacity LTI - Cavan Centre _ FETAC L3 Employability Skills Cavan 44 9 LTI - Cavan Genealogy _ FETAC Employability Skills Cavan 44 14 NLN Cavan _ Specialist Training Cavan 52 37 Multimedia _ Microsoft Office Specialist Cavan 52 100...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes Data (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. This is a day to day operational matter for FAS. As of May 2013 there are 10,754 persons on the Live Register in Co. Meath. In 2013 FÁS plan to provide training opportunities for over 650 persons directly in locations in Co. Meath. In addition many people from Co. Meath also participate in FÁS training courses in Co. Louth...

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

Ciarán Cannon: The purpose of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. Children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kms from and are attending their nearest national school as determined by the Department/Bus Éireann, having...

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

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250, 251 and 253 to 256, inclusive, together. 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 website. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 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: Further Education and Training Programmes Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: This is a day to day operational matter for FAS. Apprenticeship is the recognised means by which persons are trained to become craftspeople in Ireland. The main craft trades have been designated by FÁS and come within the scope of the Statutory Apprenticeship system. While there are apprenticeships in the electrical and mechanical sectors, there is no apprenticeship in Mechanical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 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 Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: 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. A party who is dissatisfied with a...

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

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

Ciarán Cannon: Matters raised by the Deputy in his question have been the subject of a recent Commercial High Court case taken by Student Transport Scheme Ltd against the Minister for Education and Skills. This case spanned a period of six days and the judgement delivered on 23rd October 2012 found in favour of the Minister. For the information and assistance of the Deputy, this detailed judgement is...

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

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kms from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. An eligible child for whom no transport service is available may, following an application for...

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

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kms from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. The terms of scheme are being applied equitably on a national basis. An eligible child for whom...

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

Ciarán Cannon: Changes to the School Transport Schemes, including the 'Closed School Rule (CSR)', were announced in Budget 2011 and derived from recommendations in the Value for Money Review of the Scheme. From the commencement of the 2011/12 school year the distance eligibility criterion of 3.2 kilometres was applied nationally to all children travelling under the primary school transport scheme,...

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

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of the Post Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kms from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by the Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Schemes on behalf of my Department, has advised that the child...

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

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of the Post Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kms from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by the Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Schemes on behalf of my Department, has advised that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Child Protection Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue and welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter. I welcome the sixth report of the special rapporteur on child protection and particularly the focus on bullying. It is important that this issue be kept high on everyone's agenda. As the Senator is aware, the report focuses on cyberbullying and homophobic bullying in particular. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: That case has not been made in the past but we could explore it and see what opportunities there are. If the children are living in an area that is serviced by a local school they would be entitled to transport to that school.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: As I said to Deputy McConalogue, if it is full we can get a determination from the school principal that he or she has no spare capacity. We can then organise to transport the children to the next nearest school. That facility is already there. If the Deputy wishes to report a particular case to me I will be more than happy to help him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: There is flexibility as there are concessionary seats available to ineligible children on these bus routes. In fairness to Bus Éireann, it tries its best to accommodate as many children as possible in those concessionary seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: No it is not, and it cannot be. In my own parish, which is in a very rural area, I was in a two-teacher school as a young boy. That two-teacher school now has just over four teachers. They have never had a bus service because the vast majority of the children attending that school attended from within a small radius. If one was to attempt to reflect parish loyalties and county loyalties...