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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: The 2019 capital allocation for skills development amounting to €13.204m is spread across three expenditure subheads of my Department: 1.B1 Administration (Non Pay) - €0.204 m€3 million has been provided for the capital expenditure element of the Departmental Administration Costs in the 2019 REV allocations. This money is allocated for Departmental IT capital costs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (7 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 Éireann has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (7 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: I understand that Kerry ETB recommends a minimum of 13 learners starting on any new Back To Education Initiative (BTEI) course offering a QQI Major award to maximise utilisation of resources. Officials in my Department have consulted with Kerry ETB, who have advised that there were 5 applicants for the course in question, and unfortunately this was not a viable number to run the course. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: The SOLAS apprenticeship scheduling management system aims to call apprentices for their off-the-job training, on a longest waiting basis on the day of scheduling to the nearest available Education and Training Board or Institute of Technology. Whilst every effort is made to eliminate unnecessary travel, unfortunately for some apprentices it is impossible to avoid having to attend training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 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. The purpose of the School...

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

John Halligan: The training courses that the deputy refers to are run under the Local Training Initiative programme (LTI). 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 association. The programme is designed for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: Participants undertaking a Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) programme are charged a participation fee by their Approved Training Organisation (ATO). The fee covers the cost of the training programme and also includes a charge for Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) certification and for the administration of the CSCS Registration Card by SOLAS. SOLAS is undertaking an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: The High Court decision in 2017, which the Deputy refers to, relates to the renewal of CSCS and QSCS cards only and made no reference to Safe Pass registration cards. Since this decision SOLAS no longer requires applicants who wish to renew their CSCS and QSCS cards to complete reassessments or to provide statements of relevant experience. Renewals for these CSCS and QSCS cards are now on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (31 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: Ireland has developed a reputation for excellence in R&D. Overall expenditure on R&D in Ireland has been increasing steadily since 2012 and is estimated to have reached almost €3.4 billion in 2017, the highest figure on record. In 2011, under the European Commission’s Europe 2020 agenda, Ireland committed to raise gross investment in R&D to 2.5% of GNP by 2020....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (31 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The table shows Ireland's Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) and GERD as a percentage of GNP for 2010 to 2017. Note data on 2018 (or for 2019 to date) is not available yet. Year GERD GERD as % GNP 2010 2669.5 1.92% 2011 2665.9 1.94% 2012 2758.1 1.99% 2013 2849.2 1.89% 2014 2969.3 1.81% 2015 3133.4 1.56% 2016 3242.8 1.46% 2017 estimate 3396.1 1.46%

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Fees (30 Jan 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: School Transport Eligibility (23 Jan 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. A number of changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision (22 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The establishment of the Education and Training Boards, the dissolution of FÁS and the establishment of SOLAS in 2013 has led to major changes in the co-ordination, funding and delivery of further education and training provision. This includes changes in the operation of contracted training where ETBs engage the services of third party providers to deliver some of their education and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (22 Jan 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: Education and Training Boards (22 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: Education and Training Boards offer a broad range of courses serving 320,000 learners each year. These courses seek to develop skills for the economy, to facilitate greater participation in society and to promote personal development. This Government has a major focus on upskilling and reskilling the working age population. During the recession the focus was mainly on supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship 2016-2020 sets out a series of actions and annual targets to grow apprenticeship provision. The Plan targets 31,000 learner registrations on apprenticeship programmes over its lifetime. This represents a more than doubling of activity over the plan period. This growth will be achieved through expanding employer engagement with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: It is important that learners and workers consider their options in an informed way throughout their education and working lives. The wide range of opportunities offered through the apprenticeship system should be an important part of this process. This Government is committed to expanding the apprenticeship model into new sectors of the economy to give more choice to learners and to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 73 together. The 2014 Review of Apprenticeship in Ireland recommended that curriculum reviews should be carried out on existing apprenticeships to keep pace with new methods and technologies in the workplace and to ensure that apprentices have a broader range of literacy, numeracy, ICT and teamworking skills. The current motor mechanics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (22 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The education and training system at all levels has a number of key strategies in place to ensure we meet existing and future skills demands in the workplace and equip young people with the skills to meet these demands, to enhance the level of human capital in Ireland and provide a solid basis for long-term economic sustainability and rising living standards.  These strategies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Data (22 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: Science Foundation Ireland has an established network of 17 world-leading Research Centres. Representing a commitment of over €455 million from Science Foundation Ireland and an Industry commitment of €244 million, these major funding awards link scientists and engineers in partnerships across 19 research bodies, including all seven universities, and more than 350 companies in...