Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to expand the number of adult literacy training places by 4,000 on top of the extra 3,000 places put in place in 2007. [47986/08]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Adult Literacy service has expanded significantly in recent years from 5,000 participants in 1997 to almost 46,000 in 2007. Expenditure increased from €1,000,000 in 1997 to €30,000,000 in 2008. Since 2000, over 250,000 participants have availed of adult literacy tuition through the VEC sector.

Due to the difficult budgetary position it has not been possible to provide for any further increase in places.