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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (13 May 2020)

John Halligan: The National Training Fund is resourced in 2020 by a levy on employers of 1% of reckonable earnings in respect of employees in Class A and Class H employments, which represents approximately 75% of all insured employees. The levy is collected through the PAYE/PRSI system and funds are transferred monthly to the Department of Education and Skills by the Department of Employment Affairs and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (13 May 2020)

John Halligan: As you will be aware, Kerry ETB made a decision to deliver the Youthreach programme directly from 1 January 2019 and this transition has now taken place. While the Department had a role in relation to issues such as ETB staffing and pension implications and potential lease arrangements, it is entirely a matter for Kerry ETB to determine if there is any cost liability to KDYS arising out of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (5 Mar 2020)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (5 Mar 2020)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (5 Mar 2020)

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. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (5 Mar 2020)

John Halligan: The Managing Authorities for the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Adjustment Globalisation Fund (EGF) are located within my Department.  There were no EGF receipts during 2018 or 2019.  The ESF co-financed Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning for the period 2014-2020  has an overall allocation of €1.157 billion, comprising ESF and Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Mar 2020)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (5 Mar 2020)

John Halligan: Details in respect of the current apprentice population, including a breakdown of male/female participation is set out in the attached tabular statement. 11 new apprenticeships were established in 2019. To date in 2020, a two year Sales apprenticeship has been established at QQI level 6. This brings the total number of programmes available to 55. The Review of Pathways to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (18 Dec 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: The Government is closely monitoring all aspects of construction skills and labour supply, through the national skills database and through the work of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), the National Skills Council and the Regional Skills Fora.  The EGFSN is currently tendering for a skills demand study to determine the demand and nature of the Irish Construction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: Registrations on craft apprenticeships have grown strongly in recent years following a very significant collapse in the number of apprenticeship registrations between 2008 and 2011. SOLAS, in partnership with Construction Industry Federation (CIF) and Waterford Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB), operated a pilot initiative to test the viability of a shared apprenticeship...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Remote Area Boarding Grant (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  The purpose of the scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school.   In general children are eligible for school transport if they meet the distance criteria and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 179, inclusive, together. School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: Applications for EGF support can be made in respect of workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation or as a result of a global financial and economic crises.  Each application must provide a reasoned analysis of the link between the redundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: Youthreach is the primary programme offered by Education and Training Boards (ETBs) and Community Training Centres for young people below the age of 21 who have not completed the Junior Certificate.  It is the Government’s principal response to early school leaving and educational disadvantage. Young early school leavers, are provided with an opportunity to progress their...

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

John Halligan: The latest available data for the information, as requested by the Deputy is for the end of November and is set out in the attached table. ">Apprentices in Training

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...