Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1778: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons engaged in project management in his Department that have recognised qualifications in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3216/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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There are 16 staff working in the Department who have received training in project management.

The training received by these staff was provided by bodies such as the Institute of Public Administration and the Civil Service Training and Development Centre, who deliver training programmes that are recognised across the public sector.

In 12 cases the training programmes related exclusively to the project management area. In the remaining cases the staff have acquired formal qualifications where project management was a discipline of the course that lead to the qualification.

While staff trained in project management are engaged in that area of work from time to time within the Department, at the present time one staff member is engaged in project management on a full-time basis.