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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (28 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 — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: My Department understands from the Department of Social Protection that the number of persons under the age of 25 years currently in receipt of Jobseeker's Supports, i.e. Jobseeker's Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance, is 69,037. As at end May 2011, there were 21, 953 participants on FÁS training courses. Of these, my Department understands that a total of 9,668 were under 25 years of age....

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (30 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme concessionary transport is available subject to a number of conditions including payment of a charge which is currently €200 per annum. As these pupils are not eligible for school transport, under the terms of the scheme, there is no exemption from this charge.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (30 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department has advised that invoices for eligible pupils, who have applied for school transport, will issue over the next week.

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (30 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) training allowances rates are set in line with social welfare rates. Budget 2011 provided for a reduction in these rates of social welfare payments with effect from 1 January 2011 and so VTOS training allowances rates were reduced accordingly. VTOS participants who have been in receipt of their welfare payment for at least 12 months (312 days)...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (30 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The Labour Market Activation Fund was launched in March 2010 in order to aid the creation of training and education programmes for specific priority groups among the unemployed. It is anticipated that approximately 11,500 unemployed people will have benefited from the Fund when it comes to completion. No additional funding was made available in Budget 2011 for a further expansion of the 2010...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Changes to school transport services, including the cessation of the Closed School Rule, 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. Under the four year recovery plan, there is a requirement to deliver savings of €17 million on the school transport budget and these...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that this meeting has taken place.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Changes to school transport services relating to the Closed School Rule 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. 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...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 234 together. Changes to school transport services relating to the Closed School Rule 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. It is important to stress that there are a number of dimensions to the cessation of the Closed School...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Changes to school transport services relating to the Closed School Rule 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. 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...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: My Department is co-operating fully in the development of practical initiatives, led by the Department of Transport, to promote coordination of State supported transport services such as school transport, rural transport and the Health Service Executive transport services. Bus Éireann which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of this Department is involved in this process. My...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 254 together. The changes relating to the Primary School Transport Scheme derive from decisions of the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government to implement recommendations in the School Transport Value for Money review and the need to obtain savings under the four year national recovery plan. The decisions announced cover the uniform application...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann which operates the school transport schemes, on behalf of my Department, has provided the following figures in relation to your query:- In the 2008/09 school year 1,719 primary and 1,863 post primary pupils availed of school transport services in County Offaly. In 2009/10 the figures were 1,679 primary and 1,658 post primary and in 2010/11 the numbers were 1,566 primary and...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The changes to school transport services relating to the Closed School Rule 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 will be implemented from September 2011, involves the uniform application of the distance eligibility criterion to all pupils...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of my Department's School Transport scheme, children with special educational needs are eligible for free school transport if they are attending the nearest recognised: mainstream school, special class / special school or a unit, that is or can be resourced, to meet their special educational needs under Department of Education and Skills criteria. The child, referred to by the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the changes to the Primary School Transport Scheme announced in the 2011 Budget by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government which derive from recommendations in the Value for Money Review of the scheme. Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for school transport if they reside 3.2 kilometres...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: Changes to school transport services relating to the Closed School Rule 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. 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...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (6 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: As part of the Government's Jobs Initiative, an additional 1,000 Further Education Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and 3,000 Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) places were announced, to be prioritised for the unemployed. These additional places will be available from September. The PLC and BTEI programmes are open to all adults over 16 years of age. The breakdown of these allocations is in...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The post of Arts Education Officer is comprehended by the public sector staffing moratorium and there are no plans to expand the programme. The Arts Education Programme is available in a number of VECs and funds educational initiatives for adults, particularly those participating in Further Education, to encourage and develop an appreciation of the arts.