Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
FÁS Training Programmes
11:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide a tabular statement giving a yearly breakdown for the past eight years regarding the number of people who have participated in training courses through the FÁS system; the number of people who have qualified through this system to work at a particular trade; the number of people who have been retrained in a particular trade; the number of job placements obtained by participants through the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32057/08]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Details are set out in the tables for:
those who have completed FÁS training courses (throughput) and placement (table 1);
apprentices who have received their National Craft Certificate (table 2).
Information concerning placements for 2006 and 2007 and the number of people who have been retrained in a particular trade will be provided at a later date.
| Table 2: National Craft/Advanced Craft Certificates | |||||||||
| Count of apprentices | Year Certificate Issued | ||||||||
| Trade | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Total |
| Agricultural Mechanics | 60 | 49 | 43 | 21 | 50 | 45 | 53 | 32 | 353 |
| Aircraft Mechanics | 53 | 36 | 37 | 51 | 53 | 68 | 76 | 26 | 400 |
| Bookbinding | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 65 | |
| Cabinetmaking | 63 | 82 | 174 | 166 | 187 | 161 | 182 | 138 | 1,153 |
| Carpentry & Joinery | 434 | 583 | 755 | 671 | 1,076 | 999 | 959 | 998 | 6,475 |
| Carton Making | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Construction Plant Fitting | 47 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 75 | 85 | 64 | 84 | 544 |
| Electrical | 563 | 886 | 1,297 | 1,122 | 1,640 | 1,515 | 1,398 | 1,352 | 9,773 |
| Electricial Instrumentation | 8 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 46 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 218 |
| Floor & Wall Tiling | 5 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 83 | |||
| Heavy Vehicle Mechanics | 99 | 55 | 132 | 70 | 132 | 100 | 144 | 105 | 837 |
| Instrumentation | 11 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 159 |
| Metal Fabrication | 134 | 180 | 206 | 146 | 230 | 153 | 153 | 157 | 1,359 |
| Motor Mechanics | 188 | 237 | 308 | 224 | 374 | 324 | 292 | 295 | 2,242 |
| Network Technicians | 56 | 82 | 1 | 139 | |||||
| Origination | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 74 | |
| Painting & Decorating | 67 | 44 | 71 | 55 | 92 | 80 | 69 | 91 | 569 |
| Plastering | 56 | 32 | 48 | 59 | 72 | 51 | 87 | 128 | 533 |
| Plumbing | 207 | 263 | 344 | 341 | 387 | 473 | 500 | 719 | 3,234 |
| Printing | 49 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 43 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 210 |
| Refrigeration & Air Conditioning | 30 | 59 | 45 | 47 | 68 | 70 | 51 | 65 | 435 |
| Toolmaking | 97 | 111 | 106 | 65 | 106 | 69 | 42 | 28 | 624 |
| Vehicle Body Repairs | 55 | 52 | 47 | 43 | 57 | 51 | 73 | 67 | 445 |
| Wood Machinery | 13 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 141 |
| Fitting | 189 | 239 | 257 | 195 | 300 | 257 | 184 | 170 | 1,791 |
| Sheet Metalworking | 49 | 44 | 58 | 58 | 67 | 60 | 53 | 39 | 428 |
| Brick & Stonelaying | 98 | 136 | 224 | 159 | 272 | 259 | 259 | 332 | 1,739 |
| Total | 2,660 | 3,271 | 4,341 | 3,632 | 5,518 | 4,947 | 4,760 | 4,917 | 34,046 |
| Throughputs/% Placed by FÁS Programme | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2005 | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | 2003 | 2002 | 2002 | 2001 | 2001 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| Throughput | Throughput | Throughput | Placed | Throughput | Placed | Throughput | Placed | Throughput | Placed | Throughput | Placed | Throughput | Placed | |
| # | # | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Bridging Foundation | 5,480 | 6,429 | 6,468 | 49% | 5,133 | 50% | 3,744 | 48% | 3,204 | 45% | 2,733 | 52% | 2,232 | 59% |
| Foundation/Progression CTCs | 1,790 | 1,849 | 2,061 | 49% | 1,868 | 50% | 2,521 | 48% | 2,920 | 45% | 2,592 | 52% | 2,541 | 59% |
| Return to Work | 777 | 602 | 1,229 | 49% | 976 | 50% | 1,360 | 48% | 1,619 | 45% | 1,624 | 52% | 1,306 | 59% |
| Skills Training | 5,704 | 6,160 | 6,840 | 52% | 6,510 | 48% | 8,871 | 49% | 8,705 | 48% | 9,845 | 53% | 11,154 | 63% |
| Traineeship | 1,995 | 2,093 | 2,042 | 64% | 1,720 | 68% | 1,790 | 62% | 1,384 | 56% | 1,302 | 63% | 1,457 | 79% |
| Local Training Initiatives | 2,792 | 2,652 | 2,815 | 39% | 2,104 | 38% | 2,912 | 37% | 3,577 | 43% | 3,676 | 45% | 4,407 | 51% |
| Specialist Training Providers | 1,503 | 1,419 | 1,500 | 33% | 1,593 | 36% | 1,419 | 30% | 1,277 | 34% | 1,981 | 34% | 0 | 0% |
| Apprenticeship | ||||||||||||||
| Phase 2 | 6,787 | 6,761 | 6,483 | 6,055 | 6,657 | 7,502 | 6,973 | 5,815 | ||||||
| Phase 4 | 5,864 | 5,922 | 5,929 | 5,219 | 5,682 | 6,262 | 5,894 | 4,544 | ||||||
| Phase 6 | 5,268 | 4,717 | 5,336 | 5,083 | 4,840 | 4,892 | 4,787 | 2,834 | ||||||
| Sponsored Training | 1,702 | 1,669 | 2,423 | 3,244 | 4,564 | 5,436 | 3,544 | 3,411 | ||||||
| Evening Courses | 8,000 | 8,674 | 8,510 | 8,038 | 11,217 | 12,504 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 47,662 | 48,947 | 51,636 | 47,543 | 55,577 | 59,282 | 44,951 | 39,701 | ||||||
| 1. Throughputs sourced from Appendix 1 — FÁS Annual Reports, 2007 to 2000. Evening Courses figures per relevant December Management Accounts — Movements In Training Report. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. % Placed (new starts) sourced from Appendix 3 (a) FÁS Annual Reports. Placement includes progression. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Placment: All items exclude employer-sponsoered training. All apprentices are regarded as employer-sponsored. |
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