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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: SOLAS are the body that has statutory responsibility for the national apprenticeship system. This includes responsibility for those awards issued under its predecessor bodies, FÁS and ANCO. My Department has no role in issuing or validating individual awards. However, the Apprenticeship Services section of SOLAS receive a lot of these types of queries and will be happy to assist in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: My officials have engaged with SOLAS who have advised that the information requested is available at ETB level rather than county level. The table below sets out the number of approved PLC places for Kildare and Wicklow ETB for the academic years 2022/23 and 2023/24: Academic Year 2022/23 2023/24 Kildare and Wicklow ETB 1,292 1,292...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 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 Education and Skills: State Bodies (24 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: The list of public bodies under the aegis of my Department are as follows: The Higher Education AuthorityIrish Research CouncilGrangegorman Development AgencySOLASSkillnet IrelandQuality and Qualifications IrelandLéargas - The Exchange BureauScience Foundation Ireland The Oireachtas contact details for each of the aegis bodies are provided in the document attached. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...can be given to allowing an apprentice butcher who lives in the South and who has been offered an apprenticeship place at a suitable facility in the North (details supplied) to be accepted onto the SOLAS apprenticeship course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45367/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Niall Collins: ...system. This will enable growth in the craft apprenticeship training system from 13,000 in 2022 to more than 16,000 places in 2024. That represents an increase of almost 25%. This will allow SOLAS, the National Apprenticeship Office, NAO, and the education and training boards, ETBs, together with staff representatives, to work intensively with our Department to deliver the required...

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

Simon Harris: ...and work in collaboration with the current FET Training campus to further consolidate provision of FET programmes at Levels 5 and 6, as well as apprenticeships from a centralised, flagship college. SOLAS are working closely with Cavan Monaghan ETB during the development phase of their proposal and Cavan Monaghan ETB along with all other successful ETBs are working to finalise their...

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

Simon Harris: ..., with a particular focus on skilled craft training in motor mechanics. As such they are a key partner in leading on the requirement for EV technicians. Longford Westmeath ETB have now submitted to SOLAS a proposal for the development of an Electric Mobility Capability Centre in Mullingar. The proposal provides for a staged approach to development, beginning with the establishment of...

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

Niall Collins: ...the county who offer vocational courses funded by the ETBs and rehabilitative training programmes funded by the HSE. I am aware of the short-term funding pressures being experienced by STPs. SOLAS is engaging with the ETBs to arrange for once-off support to assist the STPs in response to these pressures. SOLAS will continue to engage with the Department of Health to review the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...of 60%. Ireland’s lifelong learning participation rates provide detail of the number of adults learners participating in education over the preceding four weeks. Latest figures by the SLMRU (SOLAS Skills and Labour Market Research Unit) show that in Q4 of 2022, 11.8% of adults in Ireland were engaged in lifelong learning education, accounting for a substantial 440,272 of our...

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

Simon Harris: ...which will see students commence their third level experience in further education and complete the remainder in higher education institutions. The project is being jointly managed by the HEA and SOLAS through the new National Tertiary Office, and provides students with another avenue in to higher education. My Department will continue to build on this progress and advance efforts to...

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

Niall Collins: The initial implementation phase of the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) Strategy involved the establishment of a National Programme Office (NPO) in SOLAS, with six staff to drive its implementation along with the recruitment of Regional Literacy Coordinators in the Education and Training Boards. Minister Harris chairs the ALL Strategy Oversight Group and the NPO has recently established a...

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

Aindrias Moynihan: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Solas instructors that are available to provide pipe fitting training as part of in-class training phases on apprenticeship programmes; the measures that are being taken to address delays currently experienced on in-class training phases on all apprenticeship programmes for which apprentices are waiting over six months; and if he...

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

Simon Harris: ...of, and ambitions for, Apprenticeships in the tertiary sector. The apprenticeship system is now responding to a marked increase in demand over the past 4 years. 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: Further and Higher Education (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...due to its close proximity to the training centre in Mervue, the Atlantic Technological University and the University of Galway. Following my update to the Deputy in September of this year, SOLAS has continued to work closely with GRETB and all other successful ETBs during the development phase of their proposals. The original date for receipt by SOLAS of the preliminary business...

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

Niall Collins: ...assistants to provide supports to learners under the Fund for Students with Disabilities. Officials in my Department and I have engaged with a variety of stakeholders on this issue, including SOLAS, FÓRSA, the ETBs and have met with a number of Personal Assistants also. Budget 2024 includes €2m to expand the scope of the Fund for Students with Disabilities in the further...

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]