Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [38490/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in July 2011 and approximately €55,000 was spent on training and educational requirements of staff in the period between July and December 2011. The training and development budget for 2012 is €174,000. To date, approximately €60,000 has been spent on the central training and education of staff with further financial commitments to be realised by the end of the year.