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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]

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

Niall Collins: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8833/24]

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

Niall Collins: From enquiries made by my officials with City of Dublin ETB, I understand that the person concerned retired on ill-health grounds in late December 2023 and applied for the award of professional added years in early January. City of Dublin ETB submitted the application to the pensions section in the Department of Education, which retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB Sector, in mid...

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

Niall Collins: SOLAS has advised that modern foreign languages courses (French, German, Spanish, Italian) are offered as part of some Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and other programmes such as the Back to Education Initiative and Community Education. Students pursuing PLC courses may qualify for maintenance grants under the SUSI PLC Grant Scheme if they satisfy the scheme conditions. The €200 PLC...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (22 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can help a community project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (22 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 303. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can help a community project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8501/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (20 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an approval letter will issue to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7684/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a drawdown (details supplied) can be expedited as a delay is being experienced in the Chief State Solicitor’s Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7966/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (20 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Finalising the outstanding pay claim for tutors is of the utmost priority for me and my Department. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will liaise directly with a school (details supplied) as soon as possible regarding a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Finalising the outstanding pay claim for tutors is of the utmost priority for me and my Department. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Finalising the outstanding pay claim for tutors is of the utmost priority for me and my Department. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (15 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: Finalising the outstanding pay claim for tutors is of the utmost priority for me and my Department. 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 further education and training (FET) programmes. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (13 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6229/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Feb 2024)

Niall Collins: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can assist a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6314/24]