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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research and Development Funding (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: The Deputy is asking if cycle 5 of the programme is fully paid, or what is remaining to be paid. In monetary terms, cycle 5 was the largest of the five cycles which awarded a total of €359 million in funding across 36 distinct projects. My Department continues to make payments to the colleges via the Higher Education Authority in respect of the PRTLI cycle 5. Total expenditure by my...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research and Development Funding (8 Dec 2016)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 16 together. My Department recently secured Cabinet approval for the provision of a capital investment package of €60 million for expenditure in 2016. This will include €49 million for innovation, including the areas of research and development, science and technology. It includes funding of €27 million to Science Foundation...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (30 Jan 2018)

John Halligan: Ireland has won €475 million in Horizon 2020 to September 2017, the latest data release from the European Commission. Irish Higher Education Institutes have accounted for just under €255 million out of this funding, while industry won just over €160 million, of which €98.6 million was awarded to Irish SMEs. The Horizon 2020 programme areas with largest funding to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research Funding (7 Feb 2018)

John Halligan: The 2018 allocation to the programme for research in third level institutions, PRTLI, is €14.3 million. A portion of the 2018 PRTLI allocation for 2018 will be used to part-pay outstanding bills for PRTLI cycle 5 projects. There were 33 projects funded in cycle 5, with the final two completed in mid-2017. The Department is now in the final stages of addressing the remaining payments...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (6 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: Capitation amounting to €1.4 million was paid in 2019 in respect students attending PLC courses.In addition to this, SOLAS, the further education authority provided enhanced capitation of €2.5 million. To increase the total paid by 5% would cost €195,000. The Department provides funding to  SOLAS to provide for further education programmes such as...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research Funding (7 Feb 2018)

John Halligan: ...tight fiscal space and five years of recession. It is always difficult to decide on which areas to place funding to boost the economy or deliver sustainability. While the 2018 allocation of €14 million is small compared with other years, as the Deputy knows there are historical liabilities with cycle 5, which are close to being paid down in full. This comes to €10 million...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (16 May 2017)

John Halligan: ...Institutes in key strategic areas including bioscience, medical technologies, energy, social sciences and humanities, and ICT to name but a few. Since the PRTLI started in 1998, there have been 5 Cycles of investment to date totalling €1.2 billion of combined Exchequer and private investment. Cycle 5, awarded in 2010, involves over €287m in direct Exchequer funding....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (10 May 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113, 115 and 116 together. A budget allocation of €98.7 million has been made available for apprenticeship training in 2017. This is an increase of almost 42% on the 2016 spend of €69.6 million.  Of the NTF allocation, €77.4 million has been allocated to SOLAS for both craft and new apprenticeships in the further education...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: ..., Enterprise and Innovation and by the Department of Education and Skills to fund the main elements of the PRTLI, such as research, building equipment and structured PhD programmes. The €2 million supplementary allocation will be used to pay off some of the remaining Exchequer commitments. The outstanding cumulative Exchequer commitment for cycle 5 of the PRTLI is €3.042...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Enterprise Plans (9 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Government has made a commitment that it will support regional airports, particularly Shannon Airport. Waterford Airport, which is smaller than Shannon Airport, is receiving €5 million in support under the 2040 plan essentially because of the need for regional development.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: I welcome the opportunity to introduce very briefly the elements of the Supplementary Estimate relating to research and innovation. Under the Department's proposed allocation, just over €11 million would be apportioned to meet commitments in respect of various research and development programmes of national importance. This will help us to accelerate delivery against our targets and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Enterprise Plans (9 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Deputy may be aware that the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, announced yesterday that a marketing support fund of approximately €10 million over three years is to be made available to support the regional airports outside Dublin, including Shannon Airport. In December 2017, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation provided €250,000 in funding under the regional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (26 Jan 2017)

John Halligan: ...including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually.  Overall, the number of school transport bus routes has risen from 5,001 in 2011 to 5,256 in 2016. Families of eligible children, for whom a school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (21 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: A total of €69.6 million was spent on apprenticeship training in 2016. A budget allocation of €98.7 million has been made available for apprenticeship training in 2017, an increase of over 40%. The information requested by the Deputy in respect apprenticeship training in 2016 and to date in 2017 is set out in the following tables.  Apprentice Population 2016 2017 to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Higher Education Institutions (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The current Cycle 5 of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was announced in 2010 and has involved exchequer expenditure of approx. €277m with a further €59m of private investment. Cycle 5 projects have now been completed and my Department is addressing the remaining payments associated with these awards. In addition to supporting the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (2 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: ...€47m (net) of additional investment in the Higher and Further and Training Education Sectors.  On foot of decisions taken in Budget 2019, the levy increased to 0.9 per cent in 2019 providing €69 million (net) of additional investment in higher and further education and training bringing the total expenditure allocation from the NTF to €486 million in 2019. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications Data (10 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: ...children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The information requested is as follows. Concessionary school transport for 2017/18 School Year County No. of Applications No. of Tickets issued No...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (2 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: ...managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of almost €190 million in 2017....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: ...brief as I can as I understand there is a vote at 6 p.m. Investment in research and innovation through the Department is all about delivering tangible economic impacts. In 2016, approximately €356 million was invested in research, development and innovation by the Department through its enterprise agencies, primarily Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. Further...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (18 Sep 2019)

John Halligan: ...know of no eligible child who did not get the rural grant or school transport. We are reviewing the scheme regarding concessionary tickets but that means providing extra money. In the case of a 25-seater bus with 20 eligible children and five children with concessionary seats, if an eligible or special needs child makes themselves available from a village, town or city, we are legally...