Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

Department of Education and Science

School Staffing

11:00 pm

Photo of Ivor CallelyIvor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra staff who were employed to work on the national youth art and national youth health programmes. [12062/06]

Síle de Valera (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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My Department co-funds the national youth arts and national youth health programmes with the Arts Council and the Department of Health and Children, respectively. Funding from my Department is provided on an annual grant-in-aid basis to the national youth council of Ireland, NYCI, which administers both programmes.

With regard to the national youth arts programme, the NYCI employs a youth arts co-ordinator to implement the programme. In 2005, my Department made additional funding available to this programme to expand its existing programmes and services as recommended in its strategic plan for 2003-06. Owing to the lack of office accommodation at the NYCI, some of the extra work load was sub-contracted to specialists within the sector as required.

With regard to the national youth health programme, the NYCI currently employs two full-time and one part-time staff to operate this programme. In addition, five contracted trainers are engaged to deliver aspects of the programme. Additional funding was provided by my Department in 2005 towards the cost of additional staffing and the development of this programme. The additional work in 2005 was carried out on a contract basis.

I emphasise that the work of these programmes is being carried out as planned and that it is the intention of the NYCI to employ additional staff to be housed within the NYCI to carry out some elements of the work which is currently sub-contracted, as and when space permits.

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