Results 361-380 of 2,006 for speaker:John Halligan in 'Written Answers'

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

John Halligan: As part of Budget 2018, the NTF levy was increased by 0.1 per cent in 2018 from 0.7 per cent to 0.8 per cent – providing over €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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (27 Mar 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. School Transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (26 Mar 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 child in question is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (26 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: The latest comparable (EU 28 vs Ireland) data is the annual average for 2018.The data for 2018 is provisional and there is no data available for 2019 at this point. In quarter 3 2017, the CSO introduced a new Labour Force Survey (LFS) which replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). This move involved a number of changes in how the survey is carried out, including, among...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (26 Mar 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 child in question...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification (26 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: Safe Pass is a one day health and safety awareness programme, which aims to provide those that work in construction environments with a level of basic knowledge and awareness of evolving health and safety standards and practices. The Safe Pass programme is administered by SOLAS and operated by a network of mainly private SOLAS-approved training providers. The Safe Pass Programme is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (26 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: Staff delivering the training courses that the deputy refers to are employed under the Local Training Initiative programme (LTI). As previously mentioned, this programme is a project-based training and work experience programme carried out in the local community run by local community groups and associations. Staff delivering courses are typically employed by the relevant community group or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (26 Mar 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. Bus Éireann has advised that in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (26 Mar 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: Adult Education Provision (26 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406 to 409, inclusive, together. The Adult Educational Guidance Services (AEGS) were established within Vocational Education Committees (VECs) in 2000 with a remit to provide career and educational guidance to participants in further education sector before, during, and after their course. The AEGS are now based in the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs)....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (12 Mar 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 child in question is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility (6 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) was established to provide a range of courses to meet the education and training needs of unemployed people. The scheme allows successful applicants to keep their social welfare allowances while attending their courses. VTOS courses are available to persons over the age of 21, and who are in receipt certain social welfare allowances for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (6 Mar 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 type of vehicle...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (6 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: I have been informed by Donegal ETB that no courses were advertised for the Gaoth Dobhair centre which were subsequently delivered at an alternative centre. Donegal ETB also advised that any courses which were advertised and which did not receive sufficient numbers were either postponed or cancelled if a course proved to be  non-viable due to a lack of interest. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Mar 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: EU Funding (5 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: The Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) is one of the main EU financial resources to support the implementation of the EU youth guarantee.  The YEI is integrated into European Social Fund (ESF) programming as a dedicated priority axis within the ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020 (PEIL).  The specific YEI allocation for Ireland of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (5 Mar 2019)

John Halligan: I am informed by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB) that they typically use contracted training to deliver specific courses that LCETB either does not have the technical expertise to deliver in-house, or the approved facilities to deliver. Typical examples are artic truck driver, delivery driver and HGV driver training. LCETB also uses contracted training to deliver...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 87 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: School Transport Administration (28 Feb 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 (28 Feb 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. Bus Eireann has confirmed...