Written answers
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Adult Literacy
8:00 pm
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the direct funding provided for adult literacy initiatives in 1997 and in 2010; and the number of persons participating in State-funded adult literacy courses in each of those years. [8208/11]
Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funds to Vocational Education Committees (VECs) which deliver adult literacy services. That funding has increased from €1 million in 1997 to €30 million in 2010. The number of adult literacy participants that received tuition increased from 5,000 to 50,000 in the same period.
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