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

John Halligan: The Capital and Current funding allocations from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to Science Foundation Ireland for the years 2003 – 2019 is set out in tabular form. Year Current Capital Revised Estimates Volume allocation €000 Plus sanctioned Deferred Surrender (Capital Carryover) * €000 Supplementary Estimate ** €000 Total...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Higher Education Institutions Expenditure (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was launched in 1998, with five cycles of expenditure to-date. The Programme is designed to facilitate Ireland’s Higher Education Institutions to produce world class research in key strategic areas including bioscience/biomedical; medical technologies; energy, environment and marine; food and drink; social sciences and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Higher Education Institutions (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The current Cycle 5 of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was announced in 2010 and has involved exchequer expenditure of approx. €277m with a further €59m of private investment. Cycle 5 projects have now been completed and my Department is addressing the remaining payments associated with these awards. In addition to supporting the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The information is contained in the table. Year GBARD as percentage of GDP 2005 0.42% 2006 0.41% 2007 0.45% 2008 0.50% 2009 0.52% 2010 0.49% 2011 0.45% 2012 0.43% 2013 0.40% 2014 0.37% 2015 0.28% 2016 0.26% 2017 0.25% 2018 estimate 0.24% The Table shows Government Budget Allocations on R&D (GBARD) as a percentage of GDP for the years 2005 to 2018. Note data for 2019 is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The information is as follows: Year:2017 GEO GBARD €m GBARD as percentage GDP European Union (current composition) 96,470.7 0.63 Euro area (19 countries) 74,538.8 0.67 Belgium 2,870.2 0.66 Bulgaria 109.6 0.21 Czechia 1,240.7 0.65 Denmark 2,613.4 0.90 Germany 29,006.1 0.89 Estonia 143.2 0.61 Ireland 739.3 0.25 Greece 850.2 0.48 Spain 5,917.8 0.51 France 14,747.9 0.64...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The information is as follows: Year GERD as a percentage of GDP 2010 1.6% 2011 1.6% 2012 1.6% 2013 1.6% 2014 1.5% 2015 1.2% 2016 1.2% 2017 1.2% The table shows Gross Expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP for Ireland for 2010-2017. Gross expenditure on R&D includes R&D carried out in the Government, Business and Higher Education sectors. Note data on 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: The information is as follows: Government R&D Capital Expenditure Year €m 2005 €m 79.7 2006 €m 105.7 2007 €m 160.5 2008 €m 182.7 2009 €m 162.7 2010 €m 111.5 2011 €m 83.3 2012 €m 72.4 2013 €m 58.8 2014 €m 64.9 2015 €m 72.9 2016 €m 69.3 2017 €m 64.5 2018 €m 60.7 Note...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 128 together. The following tables provide the total Horizon 2020 (EU) funding awarded to SMEs, by county, for each of the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. These figures were previously provided in response to PQ 19542/18 and have been updated to include 2018 data up to November 2018. The tables are based on the European Commission's most recent...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (17 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: Innovation 2020 is Ireland’s whole of Government Strategy for Research and Development, Science and Technology, driven by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. The Government’s ambition is for Ireland to become a Global Innovation Leader and this is the key vision of the Innovation 2020 Strategy. The details supplied by the Deputy refer to the recent report...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (15 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. School Transport Section of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (15 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: Apprenticeship is a demand driven educational and training programme, which aims to develop the skills of an apprentice in order to meet the needs of industry and the labour market. Consequently, the number of apprentices registered is determined by employers within each sector. 80% of the total time on a craft apprenticeship is spent on-the-job with the employer so demand for apprenticeship...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: It is important that learners and workers consider their interests and career options in an informed way throughout their education and working lives. The wide range of opportunities offered through the apprenticeship programme should be an important part of this process. Government is working to address the visibility of apprenticeship and has put significant additional resources into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (15 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: Details of the allocation of funding for adult literacy programmes and total number of beneficiaries in the past four years are outlined in the tables in the following link.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (15 Jan 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 to 354, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out on the following tabular statement. Apprenticeship Type Number of Programmes introduced in 2018 Number of Registrations in 2018 New consortia 9 590 Craft n/a 5,058 Total 9 5,648

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (15 Jan 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: Apprenticeship Data (19 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: Apprenticeship is a demand driven educational and training programme, which aims to develop the skills of an apprentice in order to meet the needs of industry and the labour market. Consequently, the number of apprentices being registered is determined by employers within each sector. My Department is committed to supporting the increased registration of apprentices and the expansion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (19 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 to 221, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statements.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Guarantee (18 Dec 2018)

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 €68m (for 2014 and 2015)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (18 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: The target registrations as set out in the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland for both craft and consortia led apprenticeships are attached. In the case of craft apprenticeships, the targets are the forecast figures produced by the Skills and Labour Market Research Unit for SOLAS (SLMRU). The latest forecast was carried out in October 2016 for craft...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Dec 2018)

John Halligan: An Annual Student Contribution is levied on all students attending Institutes of Technology (IoTs). Previously this Annual Student Contribution was paid by FÁS/SOLAS with apprentices themselves paying the part of the contribution relating to examination fees. As part of Budget 2014, SOLAS ceased making payments to IoTs and apprentices pay the full pro rata Annual Student Contribution. ...