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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: ...normal rate for the period up to 29th March 2020.  It was further decided that a payment of 50% would be afforded for the week commencing Monday 30th March until Friday 3rd April 2020. Thereafter, the normal arrangements applied for the period of scheduled school closures associated with the Easter Holidays (6th April – 17th April inclusive). It was subsequently agreed that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: ...service as part of the School Transport scheme may continue to perform in the role provided they hold the requisite licence and satisfy an annual medical examination until they retire at age 70. This policy and criteria is applied to all drivers who provide school transport services on behalf of Bus Éireann equally.   As the policy has already been reviewed to extend the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: ...the period up to 29th March 2020. It was further decided that a payment of 50% would be afforded for the week commencing Monday 30th March until Friday 3rd April 2020. Thereafter, the normal arrangements applied for the period of scheduled school closures associated with the Easter Holidays (6th April – 17th April inclusive). It was subsequently agreed that contractors should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: ...from and are attending their nearest primary school as determined by the Department of Education/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. It is open to families residing in off-shore islands to apply for transport under the terms of the School Transport Scheme. Children who are eligible for school transport and who complete the application process on time are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: ...the period up to 29th March 2020.  It was further decided that a payment of 50% would be afforded for the week commencing Monday 30th March until Friday 3rd April 2020. Thereafter, the normal arrangements applied for the period of scheduled school closures associated with the Easter Holidays (6th April – 17th April inclusive). It was subsequently agreed that contractors should...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: ..., additional payments that assist in the cost of actual attendance on training courses and / or work experience such as travel and meals are only paid when they are incurred. Therefore they would not generally apply when centres are closed.  Where overpayments do occur, the Education Training Boards treats the overpayment as a debt to the Exchequer and seeks to ensure that all such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Jun 2020)

John Halligan: ... more detailed contingency plans at provider level, submitted to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), and published on each ETB’s website.  These alternative methods are currently being applied across ETB provision, including post-leaving certificate courses. ETBs have participated fully in structures established with the higher and further education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...payments that assist in the cost of actual attendance on training courses and / or work experience such as travel and meals are only paid when they are incurred. Therefore they would not generally apply when centres are closed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (27 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...more detailed contingency plans at provider level, submitted to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), and published on each ETB’s website. These alternative methods are currently being applied across ETB provision, including post-leaving certificate courses. ETBs have participated fully in structures established with the higher and further education sectors to manage the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (20 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...the period up to 29th March 2020. It was further decided that a payment of 50% would be afforded for the week commencing Monday 30th March until Friday 3rd April 2020. Thereafter, the normal arrangements applied for the period of scheduled school closures associated with the Easter Holidays (6th April – 17th April inclusive). It was subsequently agreed that contractors should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...school transport and who complete the application and payment process on time are accommodated on school transport services where such services are in operation.  Children who are not eligible for school transport may apply for transport on a concessionary basis only and may be facilitated where spare seats are available after eligible children have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (13 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...transport and who complete the application and payment process on time are accommodated on school transport services where such services are in operation. Children who are not eligible for school transport may apply for transport on a concessionary basis only and may be facilitated where spare seats are available after eligible children have been accommodated. Where the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (13 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...Arrangements forms the basis of the payment to Bus Éireann for the operation of the School Transport Scheme. The school transport scheme is a demand-led service based on the number of eligible children who apply to avail of transport. Reimbursement to Bus Éireann is on a cost recovery basis on the costs associated with the School transport Scheme. The Department works with Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...the period up to 29th March 2020. It was further decided that a payment of 50% would be afforded for the week commencing Monday 30th March until Friday 3rd April 2020. Thereafter, the normal arrangements applied for the period of scheduled school closures associated with the Easter Holidays (6th April – 17th April inclusive). It was subsequently agreed that contractors should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (13 May 2020)

John Halligan: ...and location of eligible children who will be availing of school transport for the following school year. Services operating for the 2020/21 school year will be determined by the number of children who apply and are deemed eligible for school transport.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (13 May 2020)

John Halligan: .... Bus Éireann has advised that the child in question is not attending their nearest post primary centre and is therefore not eligible for school transport. Children who are not eligible for school transport may apply for transport on a concessionary basis only. Concessionary transport is subject to a number of terms and conditions including the availability of spare seats on an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (5 Mar 2020)

John Halligan: ...service as part of the School Transport scheme may continue to perform in the role provided they hold the requisite licence and satisfy an annual medical examination until they retire at age 70. This policy and criteria is applied to all drivers who provide school transport services on behalf of Bus Éireann equally.  As the policy has already been reviewed to extend the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Mar 2020)

John Halligan: ...ethos and language. Distance eligibility is determined by Bus Éireann by measuring the shortest traversable route from the child’s home to the relevant school. The terms of the School Transport Schemes are applied equitably on a national basis. Children who are not eligible for school transport may apply for transport on a concessionary basis only and may...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: ...purposes of the School Transport Scheme. The balance on the uncommitted reserve of €6.7m was repaid fully to the Department in December 2018. The school transport scheme is a demand-led service based on the number of eligible children who apply to avail of transport. My Department works with Bus Éireann to analyse costs to the scheme on an on-going basis while each year the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: ...can be demonstrated it would appear that the minimum qualifying number of redundancies within a 4 month period might not be met.  Accordingly it would be necessary to consider any exceptional circumstances that apply.  In this regard the ILO unemployment rate in Q3 2019 for the Mid-West region at 4.8% was slightly below the national average unemployment rate of 5.2%. The EGF...