Results 1-20 of 39 for kerry speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Strategic Infrastructure (12 Jul 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: ...for the development of a greenway. It looks with a great degree of envy at the success of places like Westport to Achill, Waterford to Dungarvan, the recently opened Limerick to Rathkeale and Kerry. There are other locations that have already been identified on the same western rail corridor, such as a section of Collooney in County Sligo in that particular region. As I said, they are...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: ...of homes for people in areas that are urgently bereft of such homes in larger urban population centres but in doing so, has not suppressed the kind of activity Ms Casey is involved in on her farm in County Kerry? Has somebody managed to successfully strike that balance?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (28 Jun 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: ...in terms of their rural-urban divide and of a similar size, Longford had a budget per capita of €1,500; Waterford had a budget per capitaof €1,320; Tipperary had €1,200; Mayo, €1,250; and Kerry €1,200. Then we go to Galway, with a budget per capitaof €800. That significant underfunding is seriously impacting on the recruitment and retention of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta: Cathaoirleach Ainmnitheach (7 Oct 2015)

Ciarán Cannon: ...the language at third level, there should be a focus on those aspects. However, at leaving certificate level our only ambition should be to be able to take young people from Athenry or Longford, for example, and drop them into Connemara, Donegal or Kerry with the competence to at least have a basic conversation with a young person of their own age who uses Irish as a first language. We...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I understand that the body referred to by the Deputy is in receipt of support under the community education programme from Kerry Education and Training Board (ETB). My Department, through SOLAS, funds adult and community education which is delivered locally by Education and Training Boards (ETBs). The extent of the service provided is a matter for each ETB.

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...deliver an integrated further education and training sector for our people. Seven SOLAS training centres located within the geographic areas of the city of Dublin, Dublin and Dún Laoghaire, Cork and Kerry education and training boards were transferred to the relevant education and training board with effect from 1 January 2014. The remaining 12 SOLAS training centres will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (8 Oct 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...and Monaghan ETB 1,642 1,857 City of Dublin ETB 7,778 8,320 Cork ETB 5,384 5,468 Donegal ETB 185 167 Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB 3,186 3,584 Galway and Roscommon ETB 1,483 1,873 Kerry ETB 624 732 Kildare and Wicklow ETB 1,397 1,544 Kilkenny and Carlow ETB 1,350 1,431 Laois and Offaly ETB 440 475 Limerick and Clare ETB 1,418 1,559 Longford and Westmeath ETB...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Local Training Initiatives Places (27 Jun 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...course is scheduled to start in October 2013 with a capacity of 20 places. I also understand from FÁS that, at present, these 40 places per annum on the Java Programmer Course are meeting the demands in Kerry of both clients and employers. The matter will be kept under review and when the course is further established in Kerry, FÁS will look at increasing the number of training...

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...tomorrow morning to spend valuable taxpayers' resources on developing a new course in aquaculture, which might be very pertinent to the local economy, it is quite possible that a VEC in Galway, Kerry or other fishing communities across the country might not even be aware that such a course has been developed. Certainly there would not have been the level of co-operation and collaboration...

Topical Issue Debate: Site Acquisitions (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: I wish to clarify once again that the Department is liaising with the Kerry Education Service and the authorities in the Gaelcholáiste regarding the clarification that needs to be provided about the site. This relates to issues concerning current site restrictions and who will fund the provision of road access to the site. I refer to the case being made by the Deputy about the growth...

Topical Issue Debate: Site Acquisitions (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Deputy for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position in respect of a request for a new school building for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí in Tralee, County Kerry. The Deputy may find it helpful if I set out the context within which decisions relating to meeting the demographic challenge facing the education system in the coming years are...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...locations at any time based on predictive needs assessments. This allows greater flexibility and responsiveness and will produce better response times and an improved service for the people of Kerry. The NAS has been taking a number of other steps to improve response times, including a performance improvement action plan, more efficient rostering, an intermediate care service for...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...locations at any time based on predictive needs assessments. This allows greater flexibility and responsiveness and will produce better response times and an improved service for the people of Kerry. The NAS has been taking a number of other steps to improve response times, including a performance improvement action plan, more efficient rostering, an intermediate care service for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (6 Nov 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: .... The breakdown for 2012 is not yet available. County 2010 2011 Carlow 70 75 Cavan  39 36 Clare  159 152 Cork 517 514 Donegal  176 166 Dublin  1,820 1,804 Galway  298 305 Kerry  190 159 Kildare  263 258 Kilkenny  113 118 Laois  104 94 Leitrim  40 39 Limerick  276 259 Longford  30 39...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (2 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...PLC Places Population (2011 Census) Carlow 890 54,612 Cavan 1,270 73,183 Clare 300 117,196 Cork 5,404 519,032 Dublin 11,100 1,273,069 Donegal 185 161,137 Galway 1,612 250,653 Kerry 656 145,502 Kildare 357 210,312 Kilkenny 538 95,419 Laois 370 80,559 Leitrim 92 31,798 Limerick 1,520 191,809 Longford 350 39,000 Louth 1,160 122,897 Mayo 705...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (3 Jul 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: The information requested by the Deputy is in the table attached Details of persons in Co. Kerry who received offers of training from FÁS in each year from 2008 to 2011, and to date in 2012, are as follows: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total Training Offered (Co. Kerry) 1,107 2,385 3,594 3,420 1,625 12,131

Seanad: Leader Programmes (28 Jun 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...an open and inclusive process, I can now confirm that a long-term delivery solution for the remainder of the current programme has been agreed for the Gaeltacht areas of counties Galway, Donegal, Kerry, Cork, Waterford and Meath. The Department is in the process of formalising arrangements with the relevant local development companies and while there is a system in place to address the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (6 Jun 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Protection's local Employment Services Office and the Local Partnership Companies to determine demand and responds accordingly. The current Training Centre based in Tralee also services North Kerry and the Dingle peninsula which have higher unemployment figures. FÁS currently have an active training provision for the Killarney catchment although demand has declined recently compared to...

Written Answers — Back to Education Initiative: Back to Education Initiative (15 May 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: .... Jobs Initiative participants Carlow 32 Cavan 193 Clare 239 Cork City 20 Cork County 212 Donegal 118 Dublin City 534 Dublin County 312 Dun Laoghaire 39 Galway City 56 Galway County 252 Kerry 315 Kildare 36 Kilkenny 133 Laois 87 Leitrim 72 Limerick City 23 Limerick County 108 Longford 41 Louth 29 Mayo 82 Meath 211 Monaghan 58 Offaly 208 Roscommon 33 Sligo 84...

Harbour Charges (26 Apr 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...come from a county that also relies heavily on its maritime tradition, one that brings many benefits to the local economy, and I am more than aware of the sensitivities that surround this issue in Kerry. My only participation in marine leisure activities has been as a windsurfer, but I do not envisage sailing into Dingle any time soon on my sail board. That would be a bit of a trek. The...