Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [38479/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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In line with the Performance Management Development System, which identifies staff training needs and skills requirements to deliver on business plans and objectives, my Department supports the career and personal development of staff through formal training courses, in-house training, attendance at relevant conferences and seminars, refund of academic fees, and reimbursement of professional membership fees. Expenditure by my Department on training and development from its establishment in June 2011 to end-2011 was €125,353. Expenditure to date in 2012 is €102,701.

The table outlines the training and academic courses funded since the establishment of my Department, the number of staff availing of courses and the average cost per person. The diversity of these courses reflects the broad range of work undertaken by my Department. Some staff in my Department availed of in-house training or of courses run by other public bodies which accrued no direct cost to my Department and these are not included in the following table.