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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Dec 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 where the information requested is presently being compiled. An answer will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Dec 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 where the information requested is presently being compiled. An answer will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...workforce requirements and enterprise needs.- advance social inclusion measures to aid the apprenticeship population in becoming more representative of wider society. Further Education and Training (FET): My Department continues to support SOLAS and the ETBs in implementing the FET Strategy: Transforming Learning. The provision of an additional €3m in Budget 2024 will consolidate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Dec 2023)

Niall Collins: ...and Training courses in County Clare. These FET courses are provided at levels one to six on the National Framework of Qualifications. The online resource, www.fetchcourses.ie was developed by SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, in partnership with the Education and Training Boards Ireland, provides a comprehensive tabular listing of over 400 FET courses which are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Dec 2023)

Niall Collins: ...1977, CTCs have been involved in innovative training for marginalised groups and since the introduction of the Youthreach programme in 1989, their focus has been on Early School Leavers. Funded by SOLAS through the local Education and Training Boards, there are 31 Community Training Centres across the country. In 2022, over 2,000 Youthreach learners, aged 16-21 years of age, attended CTCs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...to address the craft training backlogs. To oversee this response, my officials chair an Apprenticeship Capacity Oversight Group. Membership also includes the National Apprenticeship Office (NAO), SOLAS and ETB and staff representatives. SOLAS and the NAO are leading on the measures which will be/are being delivered to reduce the backlogs. The overall aim is to increase capacity within the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Darren O'Rourke: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he was aware of concerns from those who have had to wait over five years to complete their SOLAS apprenticeships rather than four; how does he plan to address this; if any measures will be put in place to compensate for lost earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...late interest payments made in each of those years and the service and goods supplier that received the payments: Year Supplier Name Amount € 2016 Solas 1,095.84 2016 VODAFONE 197.98 2016 National Council for the Blind 178.10 2016 ...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Niall Collins: The Acting Chair's points about addressing the backlog are well made. It is not abating. As a result, we set up an emergency group that consisted of SOLAS, the National Apprenticeship Office and representatives of our education and training boards and of course staff organisations. It is chaired by the Department. The group is working to ensure the delivery of the required additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Nov 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Wall TilingOriginal Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) EngineerPainting and DecoratingAgricultural MechanicsConstruction Plant FittingHeavy Vehicle MechanicsVehicle Body RepairsMotor MechanicsPlumbingSOLAS are continually reviewing the existing apprenticeship programmes and the matter of colour vision testing is included in this process. In terms of the review of colour vision requirements for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (28 Nov 2023)

Simon Harris: ...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 Quality...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cost of Living Issues (28 Nov 2023)

Niall Collins: ...previously in receipt of a Disability Allowance payment, will receive the €400 Cost-of-Living lump sum and the other cost of living lump sum payments as appropriate. My officials have requested SOLAS and the Education Shared Business Service at the Department of Education (ESBS) to put the necessary arrangements in place to ensure the payment is made to those eligible learners who...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023) See 10 other results from this debate

...national SUSI scheme, which is operated on behalf of the Department by Dublin City Education and Training Board. The programme for skills development involved expenditure of just over €695 million, including grant support to SOLAS, which funds further education and training activities, including apprenticeships. Just under €255 million was spent under the research,...

Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Meastacháin le haghaidh Seirbhísí Poiblí 2023
Vóta 33 - Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus na Meán (23 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...mór mór i gcomhthéacs naíonraí agus coláistí Gaeilge agus na rudaí seo ar fad atá ag tacú leis an teanga. Gan na háiseanna fisiciúla, ní féidir na seirbhísí a chur ar fáil go sásúil. Bhí comóradh 50 bliain de Choláiste Chamuis ann le déanaí. Ag an am sin ní...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Nov 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Board (ETB) and Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) by four instructors. As the Coordinating Providers for the apprenticeship, the National Apprenticeship Office (NAO) and SOLAS are actively engaging with the Collaborating Providers and employers of pipefitting apprentices to support increased capacity in the Pipefitting Apprenticeship going forward. It is envisioned...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (21 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. Weekly allowances for Further Education and Training courses through the Education Training Boards (ETB) or National Learning Network (NLN/SOLAS) are normally funded by through the training provider. The weekly DA payment is stopped and the training provider commences the equivalent weekly payment to the learner. Any secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Nov 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 apprentice does not receive a response from SOLAS within 30 days, please do come back to my office for further follow-up.

Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...also fair enough to say huge difficulties have been created by certain aspects. Speaking as a constituency Teachta Dála, I have seen some of the positive work that has been done by the likes of SOLAS and the Louth-Meath Education and Training Board, LMETB, with the Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education and Drogheda Institute of Further Education, and the multiple paths there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (16 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...; Department of Justice; Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Department of Social Protection; the Health Service Executive (HSE); the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), and SOLAS. Providing an overview of the work of the Group and its key findings, the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants presented a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Building Regulations (15 Nov 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Licensing Bill 2023 provides for a new and comprehensive framework for the licensing of certain construction, quarrying and related activities in Ireland. Following an independent review of SOLAS’s Construction Services Unit in 2017 and subsequent consultation with public sector, industry, and staff representatives, all stakeholders agreed that the recommendations of the review...