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Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (7 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Since the beginning of the EGF programme in support of redundant workers at the Dell computer manufacturing plant in Co. Limerick, both Ministers and officials of the relevant Departments have met representatives of the workers on a number of occasions. I met with a delegation of the Dell Redundant Workers Association to discuss their proposals for further measures under the programme as...

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (7 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Complaints on EGF operational issues should be addressed in the first instance to the relevant service provider or, alternatively, to the EGF Coordination Unit, The Granary, Michael Street, Limerick. Complaints on EGF policy issues should be addressed to the Department of Education and Skills as the managing authority for the EGF nationally.

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: EGF co-funding of supports for redundant S R Technics workers finishes on 9 October 2011 under the relevant European Commission decision. This end-date has always been made clear to both the providers of supports to the redundant workers and to the representatives of those workers wishing to avail of those supports. No additional national funding is available to fund continued study on this...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Childcare Employment and Training Support Scheme (CETS) is managed by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The CETS scheme supports the childcare needs of up to 2,800 participants in training and educational courses operated by FÁS and Vocational Educational Committees (VECs). Under this scheme free childcare is available to FÁS unemployed trainees who require childcare in...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: FÁS has, in consultation with the relevant stakeholders, put in place a number of measures in recent years and in 2011 to enable registered redundant apprentices to progress in their apprenticeships. The 'Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme' was introduced by FÁS in 2010 to provide work placement opportunities for redundant apprentices to complete their on-the-job training at Phase 3, 5...

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: My Department is responsible for and is implementing the training and education components of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities with a view to giving them the skills to progress to further education, training or employment.

Written Answers — Higher Education: Higher Education (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Deputy will be aware that the downturn in the construction sector has resulted in a significant fall off in the numbers of apprentices being recruited nationally. In 2009, an independent evaluation panel was established to advise the Higher Education Authority (HEA) in relation to the appropriate levels of provision which should be maintained within the education sector having regard to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am currently reviewing options regarding the future provision of further education and training and the structures required to support it. If necessary, following the completion of this review, I will bring proposals to Government to draft any appropriate legislation.

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 60 together. The recent Jobs Initiative contains details of over 20,000 additional training, education and work experience places for the unemployed. The majority of the places (15,900) will be delivered through the Department of Education and Skills and through the following programmes. 6,000 places on FÁS Specific Skills Training Courses (FÁS)...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: My Department has made inquiries with FÁS and with the relevant VEC about this issue. I understand also that FÁS and the VEC have been in contact about the matter and that both organisations are liaising with a view to resolving the difficulty that arose in this instance.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Changes to school transport services were announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from recommendations in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. One of the changes, which takes effect from the beginning of the 2011/12 school year, is that the distance eligibility criterion will be applied uniformly to all pupils attending primary schools...

Written Answers — Skills Development: Skills Development (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I understand that 251 workers in total from both of the companies in question have participated in Skillnets Network training programmes. I also understand that since the commencement of the current Training Networks Programme, €26,960 or 21% of the total expenditure (€126,442) in respect of these companies participation in the training programmes was met through Skillnets grant funding.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The rate of travel allowance provided for FÁS course participants is not fixed but varies in relation to the journey travelled. In the case in question the amount cited by the Deputy is the amount originally received by the person, which related to the distance between the home address and course location. The allowance has however been increased to take account of the additional distance...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (9 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Revised Estimates Volume (REV, published by the Department of Finance) provides summary details of programmes part-financed by the National Lottery and disbursed by relevant Government Departments and Offices. The REV provides these details at Vote subhead level and identifies the aggregate amount of National Lottery funding towards the programme in question, together with the amount of...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 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. These changes include the requirement that a minimum of 10 eligible pupils, residing in a distinct locality, will be required to retain or establish a school transport service from 2011/12...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (9 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I wish to inform the Deputy that school transport arrangements under the Closed School Rule originated from the last major amalgamation of schools in the late 1960s. Under the Closed School Rule, transport is generally provided to the school of amalgamation for pupils who reside in a closed school area. However, over the course of the last 42 years, many parts of Ireland have experienced...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 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. Decisions in relation to the retention or establishment of school transport services will be made when all applications for school transport, for the 2011/12 school year, have been received...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 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. From the beginning of the 2011/12 school year a €50 charge, which applies to eligible primary pupils, is being introduced to ensure that school transport services are fully utilised in a...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 176 together. Following the commencement on 1 January 2011 of the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010, the Department of Social Protection assumed the funding and overall responsibility for FÁS employment services and employment programmes. My Department has retained the funding and overall responsibility for...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Report on the Value for Money Review of School Transport Services was published last March and is available on my Department's website. This Review identified that, in 2008, the annual unit cost per pupil for the provision of school transport was some €1,000, €950 and €7,000 for primary, post primary and children with special educational needs respectively. The breakdown of...