Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 274: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been further reduced since the initial allocation in the estimates for his Department; the extent to which such sums have been spent to the end of June 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31673/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation for staff training in my Department under the Revised Estimates published in February 2010 was €519,000. The Deputy will be aware that following the restructuring of Departments and agencies announced by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann, the newly restructured Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs now incorporates responsibility for social inclusion policy and family policy from the Department of Social Protection and for equality, disability, integration and human rights from the Department of Justice and Law Reform. In light of these developments, the allocation for staff training in my Department has now been revised to €562,000, an increase of 8%. Expenditure on training in 2010 to end-June was €42,678.