Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost of the programme of in-service for the physical sciences leaving certificate chemistry and physics including trainer, teacher, education centre expenses and resources which was based in the Limerick education centre from September 1999 to August 2003. [19646/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The physics and chemistry support service was established in 1999 as part of the physical sciences initiative. Limerick education centre supported the administration of this programme until the intensive phase of in-service was completed in August 2003.

The operational cost of this programme from 1999 to 2003 was €2,257,572, which was allocated by my Department through the Limerick education centre. In addition, secondment and substitution costs associated with the physics and chemistry support service, which were met centrally, are estimated to be in the region of €2.24 million.

Although the intensive phase of support for the revised syllabi for leaving certificate physics and chemistry was completed in August 2003, my Department continues to provide a programme of professional development in these areas through the second level support service, SLSS, which is based in Blackrock education centre.