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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Rural Transport Services are already considered by Bus Éireann, as one of the range of options currently available, for transporting children to and from school under the school transport scheme. In the School Transport Value for Money Review, a number of possible approaches were considered through which the State could seek to support transport to school. The preferred option, as...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport scheme pupils are eligible for free transport if they reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest national school or school of amalgamation. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department, has advised that the pupils referred to by the Deputy are not attending their school of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The grant payment for March has been processed and will issue to the relevant parents later this week. Meanwhile, the request for the April grant payments, which was received by my Department last Friday, is being processed and will issue shortly.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the recently published Value for Money Review of the scheme. The charge, which applies to all eligible primary pupils, is being introduced to ensure that school transport provided for these pupils is fully utilised in a cost...

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (10 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Deputy may be aware that the cessation of the Closed School Rule (CSR) as it relates to primary school transport eligibility was announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil – Green Party Government and derives from a recommendation in the published Value for Money Review of the scheme. This change is scheduled to take effect in September 2012 and will apply only in the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (10 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Schemes, on behalf of my Department has advised that the pupil referred to resides less than 3.2 kilometres from the school in question. The pupil is currently availing of school transport under the Closed School Rule (CSR). Changes to school transport services, which were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party...

Written Answers — Home-School Liaison Scheme: Home-School Liaison Scheme (11 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I wish to advise the Deputy that there is no curtailment to Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Services, which is a major component of DEIS, (Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion. The current provision of HSCL services will remain in the 200 post primary and 345 urban primary schools participating in DEIS. Clarification has been...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the recently published Value for Money Review of the scheme. The Deputy will be aware that, included in these changes, was an increase from 7 to 10 of the number of eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, required to...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53, 54 and 61 together. The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. It is important to stress that there are a number of dimensions to the cessation of the Closed School Rule. The first of these, which...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The funding made available by the Government to the jobs initiative will be used solely for that purpose. The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. Given the major financial constraints facing the country, I regret that I cannot...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: To be eligible for school transport children must reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and be attending their nearest national school, as determined by my Department, having regard to ethos and language. Eligible children for whom no transport service is available may, following their application for transport, receive a Remote Area Grant towards the cost of making private transport...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: To be eligible for post-primary school transport pupils, including transition year pupils, must reside not less than 4.8 kilometres from, and be attending, their appropriate post-primary education centre/school, as determined by my Department. Eligible pupils for whom no transport service is available may, following their application for transport, receive a Remote Area Grant (RAG) towards...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: To be eligible for school transport children must reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and be attending their nearest national school, as determined by my Department, having regard to ethos and language. Eligible children for whom no transport service is available may, following their application for transport, receive a Remote Area Grant towards the cost of making private transport...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 to 198, inclusive, together. The four year national recovery plan requires savings of €4.5 million to be made through operational efficiencies and other savings measures in the school transport budget in 2011, rising to overall full year savings of €17million by 2014. The aggregation of the measures being implemented arising from the Value for Money...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil – Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the published Value for Money Review of the scheme. From the beginning of the 2011/12 school year a €50 charge, which applies to all eligible primary pupils, is being introduced to ensure that school transport provided for these...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The school transport scheme is operated by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for school transport if they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school, as determined by my Department, having regard to ethos and language. School transport services...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: As part of a commitment in Budget 2010, the Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme was introduced in September 2010 by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to support students and trainees participating in certain FÁS and Vocational Education Committee (VEC) further education and training programmes. The CETS programme is expected to transfer shortly...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from a recommendation in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. This review identified that, in 2008, the unit cost per primary pupil for the provision of school transport (excluding special needs pupils) was €1,020. From the beginning of the 2011/12...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: On 11 May, my Department wrote to providers inviting applications for the allocation of the additional 1,000 Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) places announced as part of the Government's Jobs Initiative. As the institution referred to by the Deputy is under the management of County Wicklow Vocational Education Committee (VEC), it is for that VEC to submit the application, rather than the...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (24 May 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: On 11 May, my Department wrote to providers inviting applications for the allocation of the additional 1,000 Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) places announced as part of the Government's Jobs Initiative. In allocating places, my Department will have regard to current and previous demand from individual providers, current and previous uptake (enrolment trends), current allocations to...