Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the closure of a centre (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3895/12]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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The centre referred to by the Deputy is a Senior Traveller Training Centre (STTC), which is managed and operated by Co. Laois Vocational Educational Committee (VEC). In line with the Traveller Education Strategy and the 2008 Value for Money (VFM) Review of Youthreach and STTCs, it was announced in Budget 2011 that an integrated further education provision for Travellers would be implemented through the phasing out of STTCs by June 2012. The redeployment of staff currently working on the STTC programme and the future use of the premises in which the STTC programme operated is a matter for the VEC.