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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: There are 367 female apprentices registered on the 45 apprenticeship programmes currently available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 May 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. It is Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 348 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Remote Area Boarding Grant (8 May 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. In general, children are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (8 May 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. The purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (8 May 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 km annually. The purpose of the scheme is, having...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (8 May 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 km annually. The purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Funding (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: The Test Event Notification and Results Capture System (TENRCS) is a business system which provides an enhancement to the existing results and certification systems for adult and apprenticeship programmes. The specific function of the TENRCS is to automate a number of manual tasks linked to assessment. The use of this system will greatly reduce the risk relating to the incorrect calculation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (8 May 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 km annually. School Transport Section has advised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (8 May 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 km annually. The purpose of the scheme is,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Council (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 366 together. The Apprenticeship Council was appointed by the then Minister for Education and Skills in November 2014. The establishment of the Council was a key action in the implementation of recommendations from the independent 2014 Review of Apprenticeship Training in Ireland. The Council is enterprise-led with representatives from business, trade...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367 to 373, inclusive, 375 and 377 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statements. It should be noted that data on the ethnic background of Irish apprentices is not currently collected. However, one of the arising actions from the review of pathways to participation in apprenticeships is to incorporate the national...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: To date there are 20 new apprenticeship programmes in operation which have being approved by the Apprenticeship Council. A further 33 programmes, which have also been approved by the Apprenticeship Council are due to get under way in 2019 and 2020. Details of all these programmes are set out in the following tabular statements. New Apprenticeships 2019 Population at end: Apr-19 Total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: This Government is committed to making our national apprenticeship more accessible to under-represented groups including women. As set out in the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland, SOLAS has completed a review on pathways to participation in apprenticeship. The purpose of the review is to ensure that our national apprenticeship system is more reflective of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (8 May 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 my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Project Ireland 2040 Funding (18 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund is a €500 million fund launched under Project Ireland 2040. Funding allocated to my Department for the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund to 2022 is as follows: 2018: €20 million 2019: €30 million 2020: €40 million 2021: €90 million My Department launched the first call for Expressions of Interest in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (17 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. New Consortia Apprenticeship Programmes New Consortia Apprenticeships Programmes 2016 2017 2018 New Apprenticeships Established 2 7 9

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: The pension increase referred to by the Deputy is provided for under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/2018.  It should be noted that the pension increase policy in respect of the basic pay increases over the period 2018–2020 have been agreed as part of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018–2020 (PSSA) and legislated for under the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (16 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (16 Apr 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 to 175, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statements. Formal forecasts and targets are developed for apprenticeship registrations. However, formal forecasts are not produced for the total apprenticeship population at any specific date. The actual apprenticeship population by area as at 31 March 2019...