Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
Department of Transport
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 584: To ask the Minister for Transport the proportion of his Department's training budget that is spent on refunds to staff in respect of night-time or weekend study courses; the list of all courses funded by his Department in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29388/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has a policy of facilitating training and development both during office hours and also where evening or weekend study is required. The proportion of the financial allocation for training and development spent on refunds to staff in respect of evening and weekend courses in the most recent year amounts to approximately 15%.
The table below lists the evening and weekend courses funded in my Department in the past three years from 2002 to 2005.
| Year | Course Title |
| 2002-03 | ACCA |
| Applied Maths | |
| BA (Hons.) in Finance and Accounting | |
| BA in Counselling and Psychotherapy | |
| BA in Humanities | |
| BA in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations | |
| BA in Public Management | |
| BA Modular Arts Degree | |
| Bachelor of Business Studies | |
| Barrister at Law | |
| BSc in Information Technology | |
| BSc in Psychology | |
| Certificate in Supervisory Management | |
| CIMA | |
| Diploma in Applied Irish | |
| Diploma in Business Studies | |
| Diploma in Communications | |
| Diploma in Human Resource Management | |
| Diploma in Legal Studies | |
| Diploma in Life and Business Coaching | |
| Diploma in Public Relations | |
| Introduction to the Social Sciences | |
| LLB (Hons.) in Irish Law | |
| LLM in Commercial Law | |
| MA in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management | |
| MA in Public Management | |
| MSc In Training and Performance Management | |
| National Certificate in Public Management | |
| 2003-04 | A+ Certification — Computer Software/Hardware |
| BA (Hons.) in Business Studies | |
| BA (Hons.) in Accounting and Finance | |
| BA in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management | |
| BA in Languages (Modular) | |
| BA in Public Management | |
| BA Modular Degree | |
| BSc in Accounting and Finance | |
| BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy | |
| BSc in Information Technology | |
| BSc in Management and Law | |
| BSc in Social Psychology | |
| Certificate in Supervisory Management | |
| CIMA | |
| Diploma in Business Studies | |
| Diploma in Legal Studies | |
| Diploma in Payroll Management | |
| Diploma in Psychology | |
| Diploma in Public Management | |
| ECDL | |
| Higher Diploma in Public Administration | |
| Higher Diploma in Public Management | |
| IATI Accounts Technician | |
| Introduction to Computers | |
| Introduction to Humanities | |
| LLB (Hons.) in Irish Law | |
| National Diploma in Personnel Management | |
| Taxation Technician | |
| 2004-05 | Accounting Technician |
| Association Certified Accountants | |
| BA in Public Administration | |
| BA in Humanities | |
| BA in Sociology | |
| BA in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management | |
| BA (Hons.) in Accounting and Finance | |
| BA in Public Management | |
| BA Modular Arts Degree | |
| Bachelor of Business Studies | |
| BSc in Information Technology | |
| BSc in Management and Law | |
| Certificate in Health and Safety at work | |
| Certificate in Supervisory Management | |
| Certificate in Finance | |
| Certificate in Payroll | |
| Certificate in Spanish Language | |
| Degree (Hons.) in Psychology/Social Science | |
| Diploma in Legal Studies | |
| Diploma in Payroll Management | |
| Diploma in Personnel Management | |
| Diploma in Public Management | |
| ECDL | |
| Foundation Accounting | |
| Foundation Irish | |
| Higher Diploma in Public Management | |
| MA in Public Management | |
| MSc in Psychology (by Research) | |
| National Diploma in Business Studies |
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