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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 342 together. The cost to-date of the safety belt programme for buses under the school transport scheme is approximately €6.4 million — €5 million for the Bus Éireann school bus fleet and €1.4 million for private contractors' buses. The amount includes costs associated with the development of pull test specifications, retrofitting of safety...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 67 together. As part of Budget 2010, the Government announced the creation of a €20 million Labour Market Activation Fund, intended to deliver 3,500 places on training and education programmes for the unemployed. Its objective was to stimulate innovation in the provision of training and activation measures for jobseeker's seeking to up-skill and get...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Apr 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann is responsible for the day to day operation of school transport services throughout the country. This is a complex national operation supporting in the region of 65,000 post primary pupils, 52,000 primary and 8,000 special needs pupils. The number of Bus Éireann vehicles operating within the School Transport Scheme varies throughout the course of a school year. The following...

Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...institution will continue to be eligible for the higher non-adjacent rate of grant. It is estimated that some 6,900 mature students will be impacted by this measure, with estimated savings of €4 million in 2011 and a full year saving of some €13 million. Other than that, the response is similar to that for Question No. 5.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (26 Nov 2019)

Seán Haughey: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to respond to the imposition of a €5 million fine on Ireland by the European Court of Justice in respect of a wind farm in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48795/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Seán Haughey: ...for Education and Skills the reason the class size reduction announced in budget 2021 will not apply to DEIS band 1 junior and vertical schools; the way in which the planned investment of €5 million in DEIS schools will be allocated; if she will provide additional resources including staffing to all DEIS band 1 schools as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the...

Seanad: Tourism Promotion (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...out by Deloitte, found it had a significant favourable impact for the State and the western region in particular. The study found that the overall impact of the Volvo Ocean Race on Ireland was €56 million, almost double the expected impact. I understand the study concluded that the higher than forecasted economic impact was mainly due to the higher than expected number of overseas...

Nursing Education. (26 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...Harney. By way of background I should explain that, following the publication of the 2009 Estimates for public services, the Health Service Executive was tasked to deliver economy savings of €115 million. Among many other issues, a reduction in nurse training expenditure is needed to contribute to achieving these savings. The total cost to the health services both for undergraduate and...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...to private contractors was equivalent to half the cost of retrofitting seat belts subject to a maximum of €3,000 for a large bus. Bus Éireann has informed my Department that approximately 650 of their school bus fleet were retrofitted with seat belts in this programme and in the region of 100 buses owned by the private contractors were included in the programme. The cost to-date of the...

Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...among the unemployed, namely, the low skilled, and those formerly employed in declining sectors, such as the construction, retail and manufacturing sectors, with particular emphasis on the under 35s and the long-term unemployed. Following an open tender competition in which 370 tenders were received, offers of funding were initially made to 26 organisations across the private,...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (27 Jan 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...the School Support Programme (SSP) under DEIS. These comprise 673 primary schools (urban and rural) and 203 second-level schools. The plan is being rolled out on a phased basis over the period 2005 to 2010. The following progress has been made in relation to the roll out of the action plan. In respect of the 2008/09 school year, grants amounting to approximately €10.5 million issued...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Barry Andrews, MEP (5 May 2021)

Seán Haughey: I have just two questions that are slightly off the topic. If Mr. Andrews wants, he may answer them now, give an initial reaction or come back to me on them. The first relates to the €750 billion recovery and resilience fund. Ireland is hoping to get €915 million from that. There are reports in the media that the European Commission has asked Ireland to step up action to...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (3 Feb 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...which prevent students from deriving appropriate benefit from the education in schools". In the primary sector, the identification process was based on a survey carried out by the ERC in May 2005, from which a response rate of more than 97% was achieved. The analysis of the survey returns from primary schools by the ERC identified the socio-economic variables that collectively best...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (10 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...basis over the period to 2010. The following progress has been made in relation to the roll out of the action plan. In respect of the 2007/08 school year, grants amounting to approximately €10 million issued to the 670 Primary schools which are participating in the DEIS Initiative. Almost €5 million was paid in the course of the year in respect of the 203 Post Primary schools...

Written Answers — DEIS Programme: DEIS Programme (9 Jul 2009)

Seán Haughey: ...Support Programme (SSP) under DEIS. These comprise 673 primary schools (urban and rural) and 203 second-level schools. The plan, which is being rolled out on a phased basis over the period 2005 to 2010 involves an additional annual investment of some €40m on full implementation. It has also involved the creation of about 300 additional posts across the education system generally. Since...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...who might otherwise experience difficulty in attending regularly. The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, facilitates the transportation of over 125,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day including approximately 8,000 children with special educational needs. The allocation for school transport in 2010 is €186...

Services for People with Disabilities. (10 Apr 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...of equality legislation. It puts the policy of mainstreaming of public services for people with disabilities on a clear legal footing. The main elements of the strategy were the Disability Act 2005; the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the sectoral plans published in 2006 by six Departments; the Citizens Information Act 2007; and the multi-annual investment...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...and military support to Ukraine. Ireland is also giving bilateral support through stabilisation and humanitarian mechanisms. I welcome the recent agreement by the EU to provide an extra €5 billion for Ukraine under the European Peace Facility. For Ireland, this will amount to around €128 million, having regard to our gross national income. Of course, this will involve...

Seanad: Housing Grants (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Haughey: ..., Deputy John Gormley. There are a range of significant and far-reaching measures in place to support the quality and environmental performance of the housing stock. To ensure the stock of 125,000 local authority-owned dwellings is maintained to a high standard, achieves improved levels of energy performance and yields an important fuel poverty dividend, an energy efficiency retrofitting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: I thank the ambassador for his presentation. His country faces an extraordinary challenge with the refugee crisis. A country with a population of 5 million has already received more than 270,000 displaced people. This morning's exchange habes en useful to understand the practical and logistical problems because we are just suddenly experiencing those ourselves with the refugees who have...