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Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: ...of the use of the description "university" by a high quality education provider for specified purposes outside the State; to amend the Student Support Act 2011 to ensure the Minister has the power to prescribe post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses for the purposes of the student grants scheme; and to amend the Education Act 1998 to provide for a refusal of access to specified information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Data (20 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ...Reform Programme. Under the provisions of the Further Education and Training Act 2013 FÁS was dissolved in October 2013, with a new training authority, An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (SOLAS) being created with responsibility for funding, planning and co-ordinating training and further education programmes. Following the enactment of the Residential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Appointments (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ..., attached is a list of the agencies under the aegis of my Department. There are currently no vacancies. With the planned establishment of Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (SOLAS) in the autumn, the incoming chairperson and board of SOLAS are currently the subject of the appointments process. It is anticipated that these positions will be filled in the coming...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The main provisions of the Bill are to provide for the establishment of SOLAS, the dissolution of FÁS and the transfer of staff and property of the FÁS training division to the newly formed ETBs. The Bill is divided into four Parts and one Schedule. Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, deal with technical matters such as the Short Title and commencement, the definitions of frequently used...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ...while at the same time position the sector to meet future challenges which the education sector faces. This legislation is an emphatic endorsement of the work of VECs. Combined with the SOLAS reforms, it establishes the new education and training boards as a cornerstone to the State's delivery of education and training in the 21st century. Vocational education committees, VECs, were...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: ...vocational education Acts with one primary Act that provides for the establishment and operation of the new entities. It reflects the enhanced role of the sector which will follow the establishment of SOLAS, the new further education and training authority that will replace FÁS. That new authority will operate under my Department and will co-ordinate and fund the wide range of...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: ...under way in the provision of higher and further education and training, in particular through the implementation of key recommendations of the Hunt report and through the establishment of SOLAS. However, these reforms must be complemented by ensuring that we have fair and responsive ways of enabling learners to access and move between programmes and institutions, that learners can be...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: ...has not been satisfactorily discussed can be on Committee Stage. I hope to be back in the House next month for Committee Stage and I will present a number of technical amendments. I thank Senator Power for the support of the Fianna Fáil Party and I recognise that this Bill originated with a Fianna Fáil Minister some years ago and we are now building on that work on which there is broad...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011: Second Stage (20 Sep 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: ...reforms under way in the provision of higher and further education and training, in particular through the implementation of key recommendations of the Hunt report and the establishment of Solas. However, it is also vital that we have fair and responsive ways of enabling learners to access and move between programmes and institutions, that learners can be assured of a quality experience...