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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 926. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 30 January 2024, when contact will be made with the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12507/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the distance land needs to be outside of a special protection area before forestry planting can occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12033/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1546 and 1547 together. The Education and Training Boards (ETBs) contract Specialist Training Providers (STPs) to provide intensive, tailored training programmes and supports in specific settings for people with disabilities, whose needs that may not be catered for through non-specialist vocational training provision. The total allocation from SOLAS for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: A number of Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have employed personal assistants to provide supports to learners under the Fund for Students with Disabilities. Following engagement with a variety of stakeholders on the issue, I authorised SOLAS to revise their Guidelines on the Fund for Students with Disabilities to provide for a standard hourly rate of €21 for personal assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: Kerry Education and Training Board provided the attached details on the number of further education and training courses, other than apprenticeship courses, scheduled and commenced for each since from 2019 to 2023 inclusive. While the number of courses fell during 2020 and 2021 as a consequence of the pandemic, the number of further education and training courses has increased in 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (7 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a number of requests by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (7 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 322. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can assist a group (details supplied) and address the matter raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11350/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding SET hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11051/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (6 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the sanction of a roll number for Glenroe national school in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11052/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Moyross rail station will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10329/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the list of new rail stations to be opened under the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; when works will commence on each; when each will be opened and operational, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10330/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an application and-or appeal (details supplied); if this can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10690/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (29 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (29 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: The breakdown of craft apprentice instructors by craft apprenticeship type is not currently held by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Financial challenges can be a key barrier to employer participation in apprenticeship. An annual grant of €2,000 is provided for employers who employ apprentices in consortia led apprenticeships that have been established since 2016 and which do not attract payment of off-the-job training allowances. This means that employers with apprentices on two-year programmes are eligible for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: SOLAS is undertaking an independent evaluation of the ‘Specialist Training Provision for People with Disabilities’ programme. Under this programme, the 16 Education and Training Boards contract Specialist Training Providers (STPs) to offer vocational training programmes, in specific settings, for persons with disabilities. The basis for this provision is that some people with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Specialist Training Providers (STPs) are significant partners in assisting us address the identified training needs of people with disabilities who are experiencing exclusion and labour market disadvantage in the form of vocational training programmes. The National Learning Network (NLN) is the largest STP and is a key stakeholder under the FET Strategy. The NLN delivers personalised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: As highlighted in the OECD Review there is a substantial provision of lifelong learning opportunities across all of the tertiary education system offered, for example, through such initiatives as Springboard+, the Human Capital Initiative, Skills to Advance and the work of Skillnet Ireland. The OECD Review confirmed that although Ireland’s lifelong learning performance exceeds EU...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 30 and 48 together. A proposal issued to staff representatives last year to establish a new grade of adult educator, with a standardised pay scale aligned with the Youthreach Resource person scale. This grade will apply to tutors employed in ETBs to deliver FET programmes, who are currently employed under a variety of terms and conditions. The provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Records (27 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and any relevant agency can update their records and databases to reflect the facts about a vehicle (details supplied) with which the owner is experiencing difficulties in insuring because of misinformation being associated with this vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/24]