Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views in regard to a submission (details supplied); the actions she is proposing to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14712/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The reply to Question No. 64 of 2nd April 2009 refers. The changed economic and employment market situation has meant that many of the workers who would have benefited from training programmes for those in employment are now unemployed. It is against this background that we must adjust our training programmes to the new reality. That is why my Department is implementing a number of initiatives to increase training for the unemployed. Accordingly, the finite budgetary resources for training are increasingly being deployed towards activation measures to support training for greater numbers of unemployed persons. It is in this context that the Skillnets Training Network Programme allocation for 2009 has been reviewed and the allocations committed to individual projects have been adjusted.

Proposals made to my Department from Skillnets as to how the enterprise-led skillnets training network model might potentially assist in the training and upskilling of the unemployed and of part-time workers have already been the subject of joint discussions.