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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: .... Given these delays, we have to align training capacity with continued strong demand and also implement other measures which will add further capacity. My Department is working closely with SOLAS and the ETBs to continue to increase training capacity, resulting in 13,000 craft places delivered in 2022. It is intended to deliver some 15,300 places in total this year. With...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...including increasingly rapid, technologically driven changes in the world of work. These changes place a premium on supporting individuals and companies to make this transition. Bodies such as SOLAS's Skills and Labour Market Research Unit and the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have a key role in assessing and forecasting for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...been on-going, however it is expected the outcome of this stage of the process will be notified shortly to the HEIs that applied for funding under this scheme. With regard to the Further Education sector DFHERIS, SEAI and SOLAS are currently in the planning phase of delivering an Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme for further education and training. I look...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

James O'Connor: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider in fast-tracking SOLAS apprentice applications to shorten the backlog of apprentices in college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...stage of development, which involves the development of a preliminary business case which is a fundamental part of the public spending code requirements. The original date for receipt by SOLAS of the preliminary business case submissions was the 30th of September, however ETBs sought additional time and now have until the 12th of January 2024 to submit their completed preliminary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...next stage of development, which involves the development of a preliminary business case which is a fundamental part of the public spending code requirements. The original date for receipt by SOLAS of the preliminary business case submissions was the 30th of September, however ETBs have sought additional time. This is a really exciting development for Killarney and I know the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...in June 2023 involving all regional actors, to shape and guide policy and ensure the achievement of major cross-Government policy objectives. In addition, my Department is working with the HEA and SOLAS to embed and progress the new National Tertiary Office to jointly develop programmes between Further and Higher education to provide firm and systemic pathways for learners, enabled by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

...other areas have to reach a critical mass before we can run them, so they are expected during the year. At the moment, the most important phase is that horticultural employers must register with SOLAS to become hosts for the apprenticeship programme, and that is being rolled out. The intake next year will increase as the PR develops in respect of the whole process, so it is-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Harris: ...demands, the ambitions of the Action Plan for Apprenticeship, and to support wider Government objectives under Housing For All, retrofitting, and green skills. My Department is working closely with SOLAS and the ETBs to continue to increase training capacity, resulting in 13,000 craft places delivered in 2022. It is intended to deliver some 15,300 places in total this year....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...during the summer, I believe the Minister told my colleague, Senator Sherlock, that the review was under way. The figures are stark. I am looking at the October 2022 national skills bulletin from SOLAS, which identified a particular need for plumbers, carpenters, welders, computer numerical control, CNC, programmers, and electricians. These trades are not on the critical skills list....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (10 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Research Council - Note 1 Oireachtas@research.ie Padraic Mellett* Grangegorman Development Agency Communications@ggda.ie nora.rahill@ggda.ie SOLAS oireachtasinfo@solas.ie Maria Walsh maria.walshe@solas.ie Skillnets Ltd oireachtas@skillnets.com t.donnery@skillnets.com ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: Under the Further Education and Training Act (2013), SOLAS has statutory responsibility for planning, funding, and co-ordinating Further Education and Training (FET) in Ireland. My officials have referred your query to SOLAS for direct reply on this individual matter. If the individual does not receive a response from SOLAS within 30 days, please do come back to my office for further follow-up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., Integration and Youth; Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Health; Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Justice; Public Expenditure and Reform; and Social Protection), the HSE, HIQA and SOLAS. The Report was published on 15th October 2022. Providing an overview of the work of the Group and its key findings, the report presents a suite of 16 recommendations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Qualifications (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: Officials in my Department have liaised with SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority for the latest data on childcare courses. Currently, there are 63 childcare focused courses being offered across the country, with 19 being offered in Education and Training Boards and a further 44 in Higher Education Institutions. A full list of these courses and course references is attached. Important...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (3 Oct 2023)

Niall Collins: ...their provision in terms of learner demand and need, in line with local and national skills priorities. This is completed in tandem with the Strategic Performance Agreements in place between SOLAS and each of the 16 ETBs. In relation to the Deputy’s specific query about introducing a new Irish-language training course for people in receipt of social welfare payments, this area...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Irish Language (26 Sep 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The responsibility for provision of training is Solas which falls under the aegis of my colleague, Deputy Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The role of my Department’s Public Employment Service is to encourage, support and assist jobseekers to secure and sustain employment. In that regard, the Employment Services team support...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...on the Southside of Droghedaadditional funding for an alternative learning programme for young people aged 13-16 who have have dropped out of the school system through the Community Safety Innovation Fund 2022 (New Choice Project, run by Foroige)capital investment from SOLAS to the LMETB to develop a tertiary education and community facilities block on the Drogheda Institute of Further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: ...process is ongoing and I cannot at this point pre-empt the outcome of the budgetary process. There are no immediate plans in place to develop a Further Education Disability Framework, however SOLAS has advised my Department that it is carrying out an internal review of learner supports and associated guidelines and my Department has requested SOLAS to examine the provision of personal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Simon Harris: ...National Skills Strategy published last May was the need to secure a balance in skills through a responsive, diversified supply of skills in Ireland. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs and SOLAS's Skills and Labour Market Research Unit have a key role in assessing and forecasting for the skills and talent needs in our economy. Their analysis, for example in relation to green...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: Pre-Apprenticeship programmes are offered by Education and Training Boards (ETBs). While this is under the funding and strategic direction of SOLAS, the ETBs decide on the level and nature of pre-apprenticeship programmes, which is based on learner demand. In 2019 a three-year open call was issued for pre-apprenticeship programmes which commenced in 2020. Learner enrolments on these...