Written answers
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Child Care Services
9:00 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State child care support that is available to single parents who are looking to upskill, move on to further education or take up the proposed new internships or the jobs initiative. [14473/11]
Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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The Childcare Employment and Training Support Scheme (CETS) is managed by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The CETS scheme supports the childcare needs of up to 2,800 participants in training and educational courses operated by FÃS and Vocational Educational Committees (VECs). Under this scheme free childcare is available to FÃS unemployed trainees who require childcare in order to take up FÃS mainline training courses. It is also available to participants in the Vocational Training Opportunity, Senior Travellers Training, Youthreach or Back to Education Initiative programmes.
Parents who are participants in other Further Education programmes, such as Post Leaving Certificate courses may be eligible under other childcare schemes run by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
I understand that the National Internship Scheme will be launched in July and the details of that scheme are currently being developed by the Department of Social Protection at the present time.
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