Derek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional places for mature students and post-leaving certificate students that are being made available for this coming academic year in the vocational education committee colleges; if he will list the colleges in tabular form; if he will indicate the courses that will have extra places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19194/11]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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As part of the Government's Jobs Initiative, an additional 1,000 Further Education Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and 3,000 Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) places were announced, to be prioritised for the unemployed. These additional places will be available from September.

The PLC and BTEI programmes are open to all adults over 16 years of age.

The breakdown of these allocations is in the tables below. Further distribution of these places to their schools/colleges is a matter for individual VECs. The operation of particular courses is also a matter for VECs and the schools and Colleges under their remit. Allocations of additional PLC Places

Allocations of additional BTEI Places