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Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: ...is committed to supporting increased registration of apprenticeships across all sectors. One of the key commitments in the action plan is the expansion of apprenticeships and traineeships to 50,000 enrolments by 2020, almost doubling the current levels of activity. Over the lifetime of the plan, more than 40 new apprenticeships and 30 new traineeships will be delivered. To date, 17 new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (7 Nov 2018)

John Halligan: ...notified in writing stating the reason that they were not successful in the tender process.  HRP Limited were successful in five of the lots and therefore were awarded one contract which was in excess of one million euro. A member of the Tipperary Education Training Board was present at the tender opening. Tipperary ETB staff members were involved in the tender...

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....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (10 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 367 together. Enterprise Ireland drives innovation in Irish industry by developing in-company capabilities and by leveraging all external assets, such as the higher education system, the investor community, the Foreign Direct Investment Multinational base and international funding/expertise to support company innovations. Research,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (12 Jun 2018)

John Halligan: ...a joint funding model where training is funded by combining contributions from employers with Skillnet grants. Skillnet Ireland has been allocated €21.7m in 2018, an additional €3.5 Million in NTF funding over 2017. This increase was allocated in response to a sharp increase in demand from employers for training via Skillnet Ireland. Skillnet Ireland has...

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...

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: 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...

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: 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 Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: During 2016 Enterprise Ireland (EI) spent €7.8 million on training activities during 2016. The National Training Fund contribution to funding these activities was €3.5 million with the balance of support coming from exchequer funding from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. Enterprise Ireland provides management development and training supports for Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (13 Jul 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 apprenticeships 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 tabular statement. Apprentice Population 2016 - 2017...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (12 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: ...brought before the Dáil and the Oireachtas - I may be corrected in that if necessary but I believe it was - and this is where we are now operating from. We are also operating from a cost of €182 million annually. I will go through some of the points made but first will give an overall view. It is a very significant scheme.The scheme was put in place to deal with children who...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (4 Apr 2017)

John Halligan: ...Council will continue to work with the proposers of these new programmes to develop them into sustainable apprenticeships that can be delivered on a nationwide basis. The funding for planned and forecast expansion in 2017 will see an additional €20 million provided. In 2015 a new Career Traineeship initiative was initiated by SOLAS in collaboration with the ETBs and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (30 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: ...the proposers of these new programmes to develop them into sustainable apprenticeships that can be delivered on a nationwide basis. The funding for planned and forecast expansion in 2017 will see an additional €20 million provided. In 2015 a new Career Traineeship initiative was begun by SOLAS in collaboration with ETBs and enterprise to develop a more effective model of...

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...

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: ...certificates to SME companies if applications under the certification scheme meet the criteria of being non-obvious, useful and novel. The Knowledge Development Box, KDB, was introduced in the Finance Act 2015 as a tax incentive to encourage innovation and boost research and development. Under this initiative, a corporate tax rate of 6.25% will apply to profits on intellectual property...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (14 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: ...the proposers of these new programmes to develop them into sustainable apprenticeships that can be delivered on a nationwide basis. The funding for planned and forecast expansion in 2017 will see an additional €20 million provided. In 2015 a new Career Traineeship initiative was begun by SOLAS in collaboration with ETBs and enterprise to develop a more effective model of...