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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: Who were you talking to?

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 51(3)) (Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry) Regulations 2024: Motion (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 51(3)) (Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry) Regulations 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 1st November, 2024.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank Senator Boyhan for raising this matter and for his continued interest in local government issues. As it happens, the monitoring delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will travel to Dublin on 14 November next for a post-monitoring dialogue on its 2023 monitoring report. As a result, I am grateful for the opportunity to come before the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: There are robust governance structures in place at local government level, based on legislation and good practice. All local authorities have an internal audit unit and an audit committee, chaired by an independent expert. There are also opportunities to further strengthen the powers of locally elected members in respect of their primary oversight and governance role in regard to local...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can consider issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he can assist this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43970/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: 288. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: 304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a proposed ASD class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44295/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a carer’s allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44022/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: I would like to thank the Deputy for this question. As the Deputy is aware, education provided outside of the traditional mainstream education system by the Further Education and Training sector is offered through the Youthreach programme. The Youthreach Programme is provided in Youthreach Centres and Community Training Centres (CTCs). CTCs are typically non-profit making companies or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: SOLAS has advised my officials that the numbers of students enrolling in Level 5 pre-nursing PLC courses were 1,347 in 2023/24 and 1,046 in 2024/25. In addition, data for students enrolled on tertiary programmes for nursing outside of the CAO system is included in the table below. Starting their programme in further education, learners will progress seamlessly to guaranteed places to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: As the Deputy is aware, a new grade of Adult Educator with a standardised incremental pay-scale, aligned to the Youthreach Resource Personnel Scale, was formally established in April. The Education and Training Boards were advised in April on the formal arrangements for the establishment of this grade. 2,800 existing tutors across the country were given the option of moving to the new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: The number of guidance counsellors employed by each of the sixteen Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in the Further Education and Training (FET) sector is set out in the attached table. ETBs submit public sector returns for FET staff, i.e. staff paid from the SOLAS budget, on a quarterly basis to my Department. The figures provided are extracted from the quarterly returns for the period Q4...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Nov 2024)

Niall Collins: My officials are making enquiries on this matter and a response will issue to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank the committee members for the opportunity to speak to them this afternoon to present the 2024 Supplementary Estimates for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. My officials have provided briefing material to the secretariat of the committee, which hopefully will be of assistance to members. This Estimate provides for a net increase of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: Yes, absolutely. The €116 million in the main goes towards the €1,000 reduction in the student registration charge. I think it is fair to say we have to keep in context the fact that over the lifetime of this Government, we have done a lot of work to reform the SUSI grant system. We have increased thresholds and grant amounts. We also made technical adjustments to the scheme...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: A long campaign has been waged by various stakeholders in that cohort of students. We have done a lot of work. We spend a lot of our time speaking about apprenticeships and higher education but part of our remit is research. We have reformed significantly the legislation and organisations that oversee and are charged with managing our research as well as with supporting people through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: 187. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on matters affecting retired members of the medical science profession (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Forestry Sector (22 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the number of landowners across the country who have trees which are non-commercial plantations impacted by ash dieback adjacent to public roads; if the associated potential risk to road safety has been assessed; if a scheme to help landowners with the cost of removal of the impacted trees will be considered; and if...