Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of adult literacy tutors in VEC schools. [30435/07]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Adult Literacy services are funded by my Department through annual grants to the Vocational Education Committees, which deliver the services locally. Adult literacy tutors are employed by the VECs. Tutors provide tuition in groups and on a one to one basis, normally for two hours per week.

Statistics for 2007 will not be available until early in 2008. In 2006, there were 43 paid full-time adult literacy tutors, 1,381 part-time tutors and 3,622 volunteer tutors working within the VEC sector.