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Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Jul 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...:The need for the Minister for Health to outline whether he has any proposal to extend the BreastCheck service to women aged between 65 and 69 years.I have also received notice from Senator Averil Power of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to re-establish Ireland's representative office in Taipei, given the significant potential for greater economic and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Apprenticeship Training: Discussion (9 Jul 2014)

...as an advantage of the Irish system in her 2010 study undertaken for the OECD. Robust governance systems keep the courses offered close to the labour market and act as a check and balance on the power of providers. If we look at the operational issues which affected - or, more accurately, afflicted - FÁS in the period prior to 2011, it is clear that many of them arose out of work...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: ...of the use of the description "university" by a high quality education provider for specified purposes outside the State; to amend the Student Support Act 2011 to ensure the Minister has the power to prescribe post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses for the purposes of the student grants scheme; and to amend the Education Act 1998 to provide for a refusal of access to specified information...

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...enable the generation of statistical information and reports about the make-up of the Irish fleet. The Bill also addresses gaps in the existing legislation such as the absence of a specific power to remove unsafe or unsuitable ships from the register, the absence of ship registration renewal and outdated enforcement and penalty provisions. As well as addressing these gaps, the Bill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Paudie Coffey: ...in turning around vacant units in order to let them again as soon as possible. I acknowledge that the officials may be looking outside the box in some respects but have they considered involving SOLAS, the new training body in place of the dissolved FÁS, to use apprentices and redundant tradespersons to refurbish these vacant units? Thinking outside the box, could the trade unions...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: ...in that following this deduction he or she will be in receipt of his or her disposable income and can manage accordingly. I am pleased there will be no change in this regard, as it makes the transition of powers to the local authorities easier for all concerned. In the interests of minimising confusion for tenants in receipt of rent allowance , the intention is that this method of rent...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...of my Department. There are currently more than 3,200 ships registered in Ireland on the national ship register. There are gaps in the existing legislative framework in that there is no specific power to remove unsafe and unsuitable ships from the Irish register, there are no provisions allowing for registration for specified periods or purposes or for renewal of registration, and the...

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...sectors. One example is ICT skills. It is very clear that ICT skills are driving change, not just in the sector that is described as ICT but in virtually every sector of the economy, where using the power of information technology to gather and analyse information and applying that is redefining the sort of business models that succeed. Therefore, we have committed to become the best...

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...so passionately on an issue they find exceptionally interesting. The reform of further education and training deserves the focus it is getting, having been conferred with a status under the SOLAS legislation. I thank Senator Power for her kind words on my attendance at the St. Pat's For All Parade. I congratulate her, Senator Bacik, and Deputies Buttimer and Halligan on the video they...

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Averil Power: ...and training sector is not taken into consideration when decisions relating to other sectors are being made, then there can be unintended consequences for that sector. With the establishment of SOLAS, I hope the sector, which, as the Minister of State indicated, has a unique identity, will be given the credence and priority it deserves. On apprenticeships, there is a need for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Averil Power: .... I am encouraged by the fact that there have been developments in bringing it all together. One of the other providers in my area provides for thousands of people every year on FETAC, SOLAS and Safe Pass courses. I asked them yesterday what was the one thing they wanted. All they ask is that bodies like SOLAS, ETBI, QQI and City and Guilds recognise that professional resources exist...

Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (6 Feb 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ..., I am availing of the opportunity to update existing provisions in the Roads Acts, having regard to current requirements with regard to the public road network and the functions of the NRA. These provisions are: powers for the NRA to make by-laws on the maintenance of national roads where it decides to take over responsibility for such roads; the conferral of mandatory status on NRA...

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: Adult Education (20 Nov 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Averil Power: ...not the unintended consequences that the Minister has acknowledged and to discuss the future of the further education and adult education sector and how it fits within his overall vision in terms of SOLAS and the education and training boards. He has acknowledged in the other House the need to recognise the distinct role the further education sector has to play particularly in the current...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Data (20 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ...Reform Programme. Under the provisions of the Further Education and Training Act 2013 FÁS was dissolved in October 2013, with a new training authority, An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (SOLAS) being created with responsibility for funding, planning and co-ordinating training and further education programmes. Following the enactment of the Residential...

Private Members' Business - Cuts in Education: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: ...education compared to an OECD average for that year of 5.7%, while current spending on third level education in Ireland amounts to 1.2% of GDP compared to the OECD average of 1.5%; notes that, since coming to power in 2011, the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government has continued the slash and burn policies of their Fianna Fáil-Green Party predecessors through the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Appointments (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ..., attached is a list of the agencies under the aegis of my Department. There are currently no vacancies. With the planned establishment of Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (SOLAS) in the autumn, the incoming chairperson and board of SOLAS are currently the subject of the appointments process. It is anticipated that these positions will be filled in the coming...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Jul 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Averil Power: ...in the sector and we need to ensure that the focus is on the learner and on constantly changing the services we provide to make sure that they meet current needs. The strategy to be put in place by SOLAS when it is planning for the full sector gives us the potential to do that. I welcome the fact that the Bill is being passed. As we head into the budget process, I would ask the Minister...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Mary Moran: ...of NALA who are here today. I commend the Minister on ensuring that there will be a learner representative and for accepting the recommendations to include a learner on the board of SOLAS. The Government is committed to reform of our public services and to delivering an overall better public service. This Bill seeks to reform how further education and training are delivered to thousands...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Ciarán Cannon: ...the needs of the labour market, as mentioned by Senator Quinn and others, as well as the tradition of responsiveness and innovation in addressing emerging demands. Together with the forthcoming SOLAS legislation, this Bill will position new education and training boards to harness the wonderful legacy, both from within the FÁS training entity and from the national VEC structure. It is a...

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...get involved in them in this House. I would argue that he elucidated one particular conspiracy theory over the past ten minutes. This is that we are somehow setting out through the creation of SOLAS II to dumb down and under-resource further education and training in this country. We are setting out to achieve the opposite. We are not creating a super-quango. To be fair to the...