Written answers
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Department of Education and Science
Vocational Education Committees
9:00 am
Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the implementation of the decision to amalgamate the existing 33 Vocational Education Committees into 16 VECs will be announced; if Marlinstown, Mullingar will be the location of the amalgamated Laois, Offaly and Westmeath VECs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37759/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department will be commencing discussions with the relevant stakeholders, including trade unions representing staff in the VEC sector, in relation to the detailed implementation of this Government's decision to amalgamate the existing 33 Vocational Education Committees into 16 VECs. Many of the detailed aspects of the restructuring, including the location of the headquarters of the new VECs, will fall to be considered and worked through by my Department in conjunction with the VECs involved in any one merger before decisions are taken.
M J Nolan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools under the auspices of each Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37916/10]
M J Nolan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school pupils under the auspices of each Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37917/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 187 together.
The data which the Deputy requires are set out in the table which gives both the number of schools under the auspices of each Vocational Education Committee as well as the number of pupils excluding Post-Leaving Certificate and Core VTOS students.
Source: PEIP | |||
Date: 18 Oct 2010 | |||
PP Schools In Each VEC for the 2009/2010 school year | |||
Enrolment figures are as at 30th September 2009. | |||
VEC_NO | OFFICIAL_NAME | TOTAL SCHOOLS | TOTAL PUPILS |
1 | City of Cork VEC | 6 | 5,284 |
2 | City of Dublin VEC | 22 | 13,051 |
3 | City of Limerick VEC | 3 | 1,714 |
4 | City of Waterford VEC | 2 | 1,466 |
7 | Dun Laoghaire VEC | 3 | 2,579 |
8 | City of Galway VEC | 3 | 2,229 |
12 | Co. Carlow VEC | 5 | 2,387 |
13 | Co. Cavan VEC | 5 | 3,135 |
14 | Co. Clare VEC | 7 | 2,166 |
15 | Co. Cork VEC | 21 | 10,015 |
16 | Co. Donegal VEC | 15 | 4,670 |
17 | Co. Dublin VEC | 26 | 11,367 |
18 | Co. Galway VEC | 11 | 2,160 |
19 | Kerry Education Service | 8 | 2,842 |
20 | Co. Kildare VEC | 10 | 4,294 |
21 | Co. Kilkenny VEC | 8 | 2,630 |
22 | Co. Laois VEC | 3 | 1,139 |
23 | Co. Leitrim VEC | 4 | 1,079 |
24 | Co. Limerick VEC | 9 | 4,470 |
25 | Co. Longford VEC | 4 | 992 |
26 | Co. Louth VEC | 5 | 3,784 |
27 | Co. Mayo VEC | 8 | 2,295 |
28 | Co. Meath VEC | 9 | 4,608 |
29 | Co. Monaghan VEC | 6 | 2,490 |
30 | Co. Offaly VEC | 5 | 1,766 |
31 | Co. Roscommon VEC | 3 | 714 |
32 | Co. Sligo VEC | 6 | 1,650 |
33 | Co. Tipperary (NR) VEC | 6 | 2,394 |
34 | Co. Tipperary (SR) VEC | 5 | 2,115 |
35 | Co. Waterford VEC | 3 | 1,224 |
36 | Co. Westmeath VEC | 4 | 1,692 |
37 | Co. Wexford VEC | 7 | 2,855 |
38 | Co. Wicklow VEC | 11 | 5,283 |
M J Nolan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-leaving certificate students under the auspices of each Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37918/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The figures for Post-Leaving Certificate (PLC) enrolments which the Deputy requested are contained in the file below.
These figures are extracted from the returns of recognised post-primary schools for 2009/10. This is the latest school year for which complete figures are available. Please note that in the case of Co. Laois in addition to the figures enrolled for post-primary schools there are also two Further Education Centres which had a combined total enrolment of 80 PLC students. These figures are included in the total for Co. Laois.
VEC | Uptake October 2009 | ||||
Co. Cavan | 1,581 | ||||
Co. Carlow | 992 | ||||
Co. Clare | 168 | ||||
City of Cork | 4,456 | ||||
Co. Cork | 1,466 | ||||
City of Dublin | 8,995 | ||||
Co. Dublin | 1,195 | ||||
Boro of Dun Laoghaire | 2,580 | ||||
Co. Donegal | 229 | ||||
City of Galway | 1,578 | ||||
Co. Galway | 221 | ||||
Co. Kerry | 751 | ||||
Co. Kildare | 395 | ||||
Co. Kilkenny | 669 | ||||
Co. Laois | 386 | * | |||
Co. Leitrim | 94 | ||||
City of Limerick | 1,199 | ||||
Co. Limerick | 354 | ||||
Co. Longford | 424 | ||||
Co. Louth | 1,474 | ||||
Co. Mayo | 501 | ||||
Co. Meath | 451 | ||||
Co. Monaghan | 363 | ||||
Co. Offaly | 49 | ||||
Co. Roscommon | 55 | ||||
Co. Sligo | 843 | ||||
Co. Tipperary N.R. | 747 | ||||
Co. Tipperary S.R. | 329 | ||||
City of Waterford | 904 | ||||
Co. Waterford | 240 | ||||
Co. Wexford | 941 | ||||
Co. Westmeath | 208 | ||||
Co. Wicklow | 1,285 | ||||
Total | 36123 | ||||
* Includes 2 Further Education Centres with a combined total of 80 students | |||||
Figures provided by Department of Education and Skills | |||||
October 2010 | |||||
M J Nolan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for each Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37919/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The most recent year for which full details of expenditure in VECs in relation to programmes and services under the auspices of my Department is 2009. I set out below for the Deputy's information a breakdown of current expenditure per VEC for that year.
Current Expenditure per VEC (2009) | |
VEC | Current expenditure 2009 (€m) |
City of Cork | 50.28 |
City of Dublin | 150.54 |
City of Galway | 22.40 |
City of Limerick | 26.57 |
City of Waterford | 17.97 |
Dun Laoghaire | 20.43 |
Co. Carlow | 21.76 |
Co. Cavan | 25.47 |
Co. Clare | 30.43 |
Co. Cork | 90.70 |
Co. Donegal | 51.32 |
Co. Dublin | 108.17 |
Co. Galway | 34.16 |
Co. Kerry | 37.43 |
Co. Kildare | 38.53 |
Co. Kilkenny | 25.82 |
Co. Laois | 18.52 |
Co. Leitrim | 11.98 |
Co. Limerick | 38.98 |
Co. Longford | 13.77 |
Co. Louth | 31.22 |
Co. Mayo | 28.94 |
Co. Meath | 39.31 |
Co. Monaghan | 23.52 |
Co. Offaly | 20.74 |
Co. Roscommon | 13.02 |
Co. Sligo | 16.74 |
Co. Tipperary NR | 25.48 |
Co. Tipperary SR | 23.55 |
Co. Waterford | 14.64 |
Co. Westmeath | 21.38 |
Co. Wexford | 34.30 |
Co. Wicklow | 47.82 |
M J Nolan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed by each Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37920/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, VECs are statutory bodies which employ and pay their own staff.
The information sought by the Deputy is being compiled by my officials and will be forwarded to him as soon as it is available.
M J Nolan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed by each Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37921/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on my Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level for the current school year is the pupil enrolment at 30 September 2009. There are currently just over 8,400 wtes (whole time equivalent posts) allocated to the VEC sector. The document below sets out the information as requested by the Deputy.
VEC Scheme | No. of Teaching Posts |
Co. Cavan | 207 |
Co. Carlow | 165 |
Co. Clare | 180 |
City of Cork | 331 |
Co. Cork | 802 |
City of Dublin | 791 |
Co. Dublin | 898 |
Boro of Dun Laoghaire | 155 |
Co. Donegal | 391 |
City of Galway | 139 |
Co. Galway | 199 |
Co. Kerry | 226 |
Co. Kildare | 342 |
Co. Kilkenny | 199 |
Co. Laois | 99 |
Co. Leitrim | 96 |
City of Limerick | 115 |
Co. Limerick | 356 |
Co. Longford | 89 |
Co. Louth | 265 |
Co. Mayo | 200 |
Co. Meath | 362 |
Co. Monaghan | 201 |
Co. Offaly | 153 |
Co. Roscommon | 62 |
Co. Sligo | 113 |
Co. Tipperary N.R. | 186 |
Co. Tipperary S.R. | 169 |
City of Waterford | 99 |
Co. Waterford | 95 |
Co. Wexford | 234 |
Co. Westmeath | 132 |
Co. Wicklow | 388 |
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