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Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The rate of travel allowance provided for FÁS course participants is not fixed but varies in relation to the journey travelled. In the case in question the amount cited by the Deputy is the amount originally received by the person, which related to the distance between the home address and course location. The allowance has however been increased to take account of the additional distance...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (9 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Revised Estimates Volume (REV, published by the Department of Finance) provides summary details of programmes part-financed by the National Lottery and disbursed by relevant Government Departments and Offices. The REV provides these details at Vote subhead level and identifies the aggregate amount of National Lottery funding towards the programme in question, together with the amount of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. These changes include the requirement that a minimum of 10 eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, will be required to retain or establish a school transport service from 2011/12...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I wish to inform the Deputy that school transport arrangements under the Closed School Rule originated from the last major amalgamation of schools in the late 1960s. Under the Closed School Rule, transport is generally provided to the school of amalgamation for pupils who reside in a closed school area. However, over the course of the last 42 years, many parts of Ireland have experienced...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak on the allocation of language support and resource teachers for pupils with special needs in the context of the employment control framework. Since taking up his role as Minister For Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn has made it clear in his responses to questions and in his speeches at a number of education conferences that there is a...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am speaking as someone who worked for seven years with a special needs children's charity as a paid staff member. For the 20 years prior to that, I worked for the charity as a volunteer. I also speak on behalf of a Minister who would not engage in any activity that would compromise or damage the chances of any child, particularly one with special needs, of achieving the very best in life...

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services (14 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Senators for raising this important matter. The Government's priority in regard to acute hospital services is to ensure safe, high quality care for patients, provided at the most appropriate location. The Minister is committed to ensuring all care is provided at the lowest level of complexity, consistent with safe practice. Roscommon County Hospital provides an important range...

Seanad: Hospital Services (14 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank Senator Cullinane for raising this issue as it provides me with an opportunity to update the House on the matter and to outline the background to the current situation and the action taken by the Health Service Executive. As the Senator is aware, Government policy is to support older people to live with dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as...

Seanad: Hospital Services (14 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Prospectus report concluded in 2008 that there were sufficient places in Waterford and that additional places would not be needed before 2013. Following on the closure of St. Brigid's, I understand arrangements were made for 30 nursing home beds to be made available to replace the 19 beds closed as a result of the health and fire safety concerns at St. Brigid's. Therefore, the bed...

Seanad: Schools Refurbishment (14 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I take this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn. I thank Senator Ó Clochartaigh for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and the current position in regard to summer works projects. The summer works scheme covers...

Seanad: Schools Refurbishment (14 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The visits of both leaders have greatly benefited Ireland and already, from a tourism point of view, we can see such benefits. As a result of the visits and the increased consequent income one hopes we may be able to consider expanding summer works schemes to include schools such as that in Tír an Fhiadh.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. Decisions in relation to the retention or establishment of school transport services will be made when all applications for school transport, for the 2011/12 school year, have been received...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. From the beginning of the 2011/12 school year a €50 charge, which applies to eligible primary pupils, is being introduced to ensure that school transport services are fully utilised in a...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 176 together. Following the commencement on 1 January 2011 of the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010, the Department of Social Protection assumed the funding and overall responsibility for FÁS employment services and employment programmes. My Department has retained the funding and overall responsibility for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Report on the Value for Money Review of School Transport Services was published last March and is available on my Department's website. This Review identified that, in 2008, the annual unit cost per pupil for the provision of school transport was some €1,000, €950 and €7,000 for primary, post primary and children with special educational needs respectively. The breakdown of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. These changes include the requirement that a minimum of 10 eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, will be required to retain or establish a school transport service from...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: As far as the training activities of FÁS are concerned, I am currently reviewing options regarding the provision of further education and training and the structures to support it.

Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: At the beginning of this year the Department of Education and Skills was funding the provision of 148,500 Training places through FAS, Skillnets and the Labour Market Activation Fund, 168,000 Further Education places and 156,000 Higher Education places. The additional places announced in May in the Jobs Initiative of which 15,900 will be provided by my Department brings total Training places...

Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Programme for Government promised that an additional 15,000 places would be provided in training, education and work experience opportunities within the Government's first 100 days of taking office. In last month's Jobs Initiative the Government delivered an additional 20,900 training, education and work experience places. The Department is responsible for 5,000 of these additional...

Written Answers — Training and Education Programmes: Training and Education Programmes (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: My Department understands from FÁS that the following procedure applies to applications from individuals who are not registered as apprentices with FÁS for an exemption from a phase of apprenticeship training. A person wishing to apply for a training phase exemption from an apprenticeship programme must secure employment as an apprentice with a FÁS approved employer for the relevant...