Written answers
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Department of Education and Science
Adult Education
3:00 pm
Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of adult guidance counsellors and coordinators employed under the adult guidance initiative. [30431/07]
Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Adult Educational Guidance Initiative, which began in 1999, is being expanded as resources become available. Since then, 38 pilot projects have been established, with an additional 2 projects due to come on stream before the end of 2007. The service caters for any adult who is considering or participating in VTOS, literacy, BTEI and community education programmes. From 2006, the service has been available to survivors of residential abuse and their families.
The projects are administered locally by Vocational Educational Committees in the main. Appointments to the position of Adult Education Guidance Counsellor and Adult Education Guidance Coordinator are made by the VECs or other local sponsors of the guidance projects.
Where an adult guidance service involves the management of staff, the promotion of outreach, the supervision of quality standards, the evaluation of the service, and guidance and counselling, this role is that of an Adult Education Guidance Coordinator. In cases where the guidance counselling function is operated without such supervision and management duties, the person in question is employed as an Adult Education Guidance Counsellor.
Currently there are 61 Adult Education Guidance Counsellors, of whom 40 are Coordinators, employed in the service. An additional 12 Guidance Counsellors will be employed in 2007 as part of an expansion of the service.
Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of adult literacy organisers and community education facilitators employed by the VEC. [30432/07]
Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Adult Literacy and Community Education services are funded by my Department through annual grants to the Vocational Education Committees, which deliver the services locally. Adult literacy organisers and community education facilitators are employed by the VECs.
Statistics for 2007 will not be available until early 2008. In 2006, there were 53 full-time adult literacy organisers, 58 part-time adult literacy organisers and 37 community education facilitator posts in the VEC sector.
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