Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

From September 2009, an additional 1,500 Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) places will be made available nationwide. This will bring the total number of approved PLC places to 31,688.

The PLC programme provides successful participants with specific vocational skills to enhance their prospects of securing lasting, full-time employment, or progression to other studies. The allocation of these extra 1,500 PLC places is another step in expanding opportunities and broadening access to further education so that people can enhance their employment skills. The College referred to by the Deputy is part of City of Dublin VEC. Places are allocated to VECs an on annual basis following an application process. The further distribution of places to individual colleges within VECs is a matter for each VEC.

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