Written answers

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Staff Training

Photo of Gerry AdamsGerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38483/12]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The staff training and development budget at my Department covers the cost of training and development for officials in the administrative, professional, technical and service grades. Spending is targeted at the priority business needs of sections and divisions in order that the staffing resource at my Department continues to develop their skills in key areas which include: financial management; information and communications technology; project management; legal matters; management development and evaluation.

Officials are encouraged to pursue relevant third level and further education programmes in their own time to broaden their skills and qualifications in order to assist the Department in meeting current and future challenges. Officials are currently undertaking course in areas that include Public Management, Education, Economic Policy, Legislative Drafting and Human Resource Management. In 2011 the Department spent €496,607 on training and development and the corresponding figure to date in 2012 is €233,560. The following tabular statement give details of the type of courses pursued, the cost and the number of participants.

Category
2011 Cost
Participants Average Cost P/P
2012 Cost to date
Participants Average Cost P/P
Civil Service Training & Development Centre
4,166.77
5
833.35
2,760.00
3
920.00
Financial Training
4,749.50
127
37.40
12,122.74
53
228.73
Health & Safety Training
8,516.25
161
52.89
4,530.00
79
57.34
Inspectorate CPD
29,634.86
164
180.70
22,069.75
130
169.77
National Educational and Psychological Service (NEPS) CPD
53,344.00
442
120.69
32,947.00
575
57.30
Irish Language
13,453.10
64
210.20
400.00
2
200.00
IT End User Training courses
19,216.47
140
137.26
3,591.00
63
57.00
IT Unit Technical Courses
57,048.78
80
713.11
50,444.40
56
900.82
Legal Training
1,010.00
8
126.25
6,040.00
11
549.10
Management Development / Leadership training
38,140.80
158
241.40
1,995.00
1
1,995.00
Writing Skills
600.00
1
600.00
3,950.00
67
58.95
Conferences and Seminars
12,189.94
83
146.87
3,458.46
18
192.14
Academic Fees
235,376.35
82
2,912.02
81,202.64
23
3,416.65
Other Training Events( Customer Service, E.U. Related, Data Protection
19,160.75
42
456.20
8,050.00
42
196.34
Total Training spend 2011
496,607.57
233,560.99

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