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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Jul 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (2 Jul 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose of the School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (2 Jul 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. Under the terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (2 Jul 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. Under the terms of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I welcome the Committee’s report in relation to the apprenticeship area and I will be considering the recommendations. Many of the recommendations made are already being addressed through the ongoing apprenticeship reform programme, which has seen apprenticeship registrations grow by 80% between 2015 and 2018. SOLAS has completed a review on pathways to participation in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (27 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose of the scheme is,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (27 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. Under the terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (27 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 to 70, inclusive, together. Following two calls for proposals in 2015 and 2017 to date five apprenticeships in the food and hospitality sector have been approved for development. These are Craft Butcher (Level 5), Commis Chef (Level 6), Chef de Partie (Level 7), Sous Chef (Level 8) and Executive Chef (Level 9). The first three apprenticeship programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Policy (27 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: Regional enterprise development is a key priority for my Department and I am focused on maintaining existing jobs while also increasing the level of employment and investment in every county in Ireland. I launched the new Regional Enterprise Plan for the Mid-East region, which covers Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, on 7 February last in Naas. The principle behind the Regional Enterprise Plans...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (26 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 to 91, inclusive, together. Details in respect of the current apprentice population, including apprentices with disabilities and the projected population figures for 2020 & 2021 are set out in the attached tabular statements. Active Apprentice Population by Trade and Gender as at end of May 2019 Trade Female Male Total Auctioneering...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (26 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 96 together. The information sought is set out in the attached table. It should be noted that, while the National Training Fund (NTF) does not form part of my Department's Vote, the NTF is included as an annex to the published Estimates and such funding has been included in the overall expenditure ceiling for my Department since 2011. The operation of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Review (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: As part of a series of reviews of Further Education and Training programmes, SOLAS commissioned an independent review of the National Youthreach Programme which was conducted by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). The review report, launched on 17 June, provides a comprehensive evaluation of the National Youthreach Programme and, making use of both quantitative and qualitative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose of the scheme is,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The purpose of the scheme is,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: An apprenticeship focused on people in healthcare support roles is currently at an advanced stage of development and is due to be rolled out towards the end of the year. Griffith College is the co-ordinating education and training provider for the apprenticeship, supported by an industry-led consortium. In the initial phase of rollout the off-the-job training will be provided by Griffith...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: The person referred to by the Deputy was employed by a body under the Local Training Initiative scheme funded by FÁS originally and then by Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board. This body does not qualify as a public service body under the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 as no public service pension scheme existed or applied to that body. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The European Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185, 186 and 189 together. School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Tendering (25 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually. The service is delivered...