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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (16 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Skillnet Ireland is funded by my Department through the National Training Fund (NTF) to act as an enterprise-led support body dedicated to the promotion and facilitation of enterprise training and workforce development as key elements in sustaining national competitiveness.  Its primary role is to increase participation in enterprise training by companies to upskill the workforce and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability (16 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Further Education and Training (FET) sector provides a broad range of provision at levels 1 to 6 of the National Framework of Qualifications, to meet the needs of over 300,000 learners. The Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programme is the largest of the full time FET programmes with over 30,000 PLC places available annually.  PLC provision is planned at a national level by SOLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Since 2017 the National Training Fund (NTF) has been deployed to support close-to-labour-market skills programmes in areas of identified skills needs through support for enterprise-focused higher education programmes.   The use of the NTF to fund priority skills-focused programmes in higher education is fully consistent with the detailed recommendations of the Independent Review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  The purpose of the 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 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (15 Oct 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 of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéim Iompair Scoile (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Oibríocht thábhachtach is ea Iompar Scoile atá á bainistiú ag Bus Éireann thar ceann na Roinne. Is é is cuspóir do Scéim Iompair Scoile de chuid mo Roinne, le haird chuí ar na hacmhainní atá ar fáil, ná tacú le hiompar leanaí a chónaíonn i bhfad ón scoil is gaire dóibh chuig an scoil agus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (15 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Skillnet Ireland has funded the Restaurant and Hospitality Skillnet of which the contracting and promoting organisation is the Restaurants Association of Ireland. Skillnet Ireland do not fund the Restaurant Association of Ireland directly. The Skillnet was established in 2017 in response to acute skills shortages within the sector, as highlighted within the EGFSN Report “Assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (9 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (9 Oct 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 (8 Oct 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 of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (8 Oct 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 of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Oct 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 of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (8 Oct 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 Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (8 Oct 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. In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (8 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 at a...

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

John Halligan: SOLAS has established a Recognition of Prior Learning [RPL] mechanism which enables an individual, with the appropriate work experience, to gain access to an apprenticeship programme. An individual must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible: 1. Must be 16 years or older 2. Have a min 5 'D' grades in the Junior Certificate, a pre- apprenticeship programme or be a mature...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: The Skills to Advance initiative was launched in 2018. It targets vulnerable employees who need upskilling and reskilling at Level 5 and Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). The roll out of this new initiative by the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in 2019 complements the Skills for Work programme which offers courses to low skilled workers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: Skills for Work is a national programme aimed at providing training opportunities to help employees deal with the basic skills demands of the workplace. The programme delivers training courses leading to level 3 and level 4 awards on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) for full time or part time employees. The programme is particularly targeted at low skilled workers who without...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: 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 range and diversity of our population, more inclusive of diverse backgrounds and abilities and that apprenticeship...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Oct 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 of over...