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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (11 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kms from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department, has advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: The report in question was compiled in the context of a confidentiality agreement between the authors and Bus Éireann. The publication of a redacted version of the report is currently the subject of discussions between my Department and Bus Éireann.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (5 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I assume that the Deputy is referring to material sent to my Department and subsequently referred to Bus Éireann for investigation. The material, which was not an affidavit, made allegations in relation to individual employees of Bus Éireann. Bus Éireann, as employer, investigated these allegations in accordance with its procedures and could find no basis for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 63 together. Changes to the Post Primary School Transport Scheme mean that from the 2012/13 school year, eligibility for all children newly entering a post primary school is determined by reference to the distance they reside from their nearest Post-Primary Education Centre having regard, as heretofore, to ethos and language. In general, existing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: The purpose of the School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs arising from a diagnosed disability is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of these children. The family of the child in question were in receipt of a grant towards the cost of making private transport arrangements. However, my Department has reviewed this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (4 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: Adult Education, including language courses, are provided by a range of public and private providers. The Department does not collect data on the numbers of adults that undertake language courses at night.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Fees (4 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I refer to my previous reply to the Deputy regarding this issue. No cost benefit analysis has been undertaken in relation to a monthly payment system for school transport. The scale of the School Transport Scheme, transporting some 114,000 children every school day on some 6,000 school transport routes utilising some 4,000 vehicles every school day makes it the largest public transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I am not aware of the investigations referred to by the Deputy. In relation to the European Commission, I am aware that the Commission commenced an investigation with regard to State aid to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus in 2007. The State's response was coordinated by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and my Department supplied any information required by the Commission. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (27 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: The reference used by the Deputy in his question is selective within a much more detailed statement on the role of Bus Éireann in the provision of school transport. As I stated at that time, I was referring to instances in which private operators that had identified profitable routes had their buses followed around the city by Bus Éireann buses in an attempt to stymie the success...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (26 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 69 together. The Deputy's question relates to an investigation initiated by the European Commission on the subject of State Aid to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. The State's response was coordinated by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and my Department supplied any information to that Department as required by the Commission. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (26 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: Changes to the Post Primary School Transport Scheme mean that from the 2012/13 school year, eligibility for all children newly entering a post primary school is determined by reference to the distance they reside from their nearest Post-Primary Education Centre having regard, as heretofore, to ethos and language. In general, existing eligible and catchment boundary children including those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (26 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. The payment of an additional training allowance of €20 per week for the long term unemployed was introduced during a period of high employment levels as an incentive for the long term unemployed to participate in FÁS (now SOLAS), Youthreach and VTOS training and education courses. In the present economic situation this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (26 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: This is an operational matter for SOLAS. SOLAS have been requested to provide the information directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (25 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: The Annual Student Contribution is levied on apprentices and students attending Institutes of Technology. This contribution has been levied by Institutes of Technology in respect of apprentices since 2004, with FÁS/SOLAS paying 70% of the contribution and apprentices themselves paying the remainder. As part of Budget 2014, SOLAS will cease making this payment to the Institutes of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: An application for funding to rent temporary school accommodation, for the 2012/13 school year, was submitted by the school in question on the 26th June 2012. My Department sanctioned funding for this request on 3rd July 2012. At that time the school also advised that they had been allocated an additional mainstream teacher for the 2012/13 school year which would have facilitated an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (19 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: The Youthreach programme funded by my Department through SOLAS provides an integrated programme of education, training and work experience to young people who have left school early without any qualifications or vocational training. The Youthreach programme operates in Youthreach Centres and Community Training Centres (CTCs). Officials in my Department have been in contact with SOLAS and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann has advised that the child in question is currently availing of school transport and they are not aware of any issues regarding the level of service provided.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (18 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: Officials in my Department contacted City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) regarding the information supplied by them which was used to answer the previous Question. CDETB has now confirmed that an error was inadvertently made in responding to this request for information. The Deputy is correct is saying that 1 Resource Person was appointed at point 4 of the scale and not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: Bus Éireann is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes. My Department has requested Bus Éireann to examine the current pick up and set down points and to liaise with the families in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: The Deputy will be aware that children with special educational needs are eligible for 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. An application form for school transport has not been received by my Department on behalf of the pupil referred...