Written answers
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Vocational Education Committees
9:00 pm
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
Co. Carlow VEC | 20 |
Co. Cavan VEC | 60 |
Co. Clare VEC | 10 |
City of Cork VEC | 20 |
Co. Cork VEC | 30 |
City of Dublin VEC | 60 |
Co. Dublin VEC | 30 |
Dun Laoghaire VEC | 55 |
City of Galway VEC | 60 |
Co. Galway VEC | 20 |
Co. Kerry VEC | 60 |
Co. Kilkenny VEC | 30 |
City of Limerick VEC | 30 |
Co. Limerick VEC | 20 |
Co. Louth VEC | 60 |
Co. Mayo VEC | 60 |
Co. Meath VEC | 60 |
Co. Monaghan VEC | 60 |
Co. Offaly VEC | 20 |
Co. Sligo VEC | 60 |
Co. Tipperary NR VEC | 30 |
Co. Tipperary SR VEC | 20 |
City of Waterford VEC | 20 |
Co. Westmeath VEC | 30 |
Co. Wicklow VEC | 60 |
Jesus and Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone | 15 |
Allocations of additional BTEI Places
CARLOW | 42 |
CAVAN | 53 |
CLARE | 90 |
CORK CITY | 72 |
CORK COUNTY | 81 |
DONEGAL | 100 |
DUBLIN CITY | 419 |
DUN LAOGHAIRE | 38 |
DUBLIN COUNTY | 300 |
GALWAY CITY | 67 |
GALWAY COUNTY | 121 |
KERRY | 115 |
KILDARE | 69 |
KILKENNY | 99 |
LAOIS | 54 |
LEITRIM | 40 |
LIMERICK CITY | 48 |
LIMERICK COUNTY | 93 |
LONGFORD | 48 |
LOUTH | 42 |
MAYO | 111 |
MEATH | 195 |
MONAGHAN | 58 |
OFFALY | 62 |
ROSCOMMON | 27 |
SLIGO | 45 |
TIPPERARY NORTH | 52 |
TIPPERARY SOUTH | 100 |
WATERFORD CITY | 73 |
WATERFORD COUNTY | 75 |
WESTMEATH | 49 |
WEXFORD | 90 |
WICKLOW | 72 |
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