Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Department of Education and Skills
FÁS Training Programmes
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in detail the number, type, location and spaces available on FAS courses in County Meath available to the unemployed. [49779/12]
Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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I understand that in 2012, FÁS will deliver 29 training courses in Co. Meath as per the following table:
| Project Title | Project Type | Number of Participants | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trim Forum for Employment | Local Training Initiative (LTI) | 12 | Trim |
| Navan Career Start | LTI | 16 | Navan |
| Tabor House | LTI | 14 | Trim |
| East Coast Career Opportunities | LTI | 14 | Duleek |
| Fresh Start National Learning Network | Specialist Training Programme (STP)) | 22 | Navan |
| Advance National Learning Network | STP | 22 | Navan |
| Computer Application and Office Skills National Learning Network | STP | 22 | Navan |
| Employer Based Training National Learning Network | STP | 22 | Navan |
| Multimedia | Bridging | 100 | Navan |
| Healthcare Traineeship | Traineeship | 20 | Navan |
| ECDL Short | Specific Skills Training (SST) | 20 | Navan |
| Warehouse and Data Entry | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Healthcare Traineeship | Traineeship | 20 | Navan |
| ECDL Short | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Executive Networking | SST | 20 | Ashbourne |
| Security Personnel | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Office Admin Traineeship | Traineeship | 20 | Navan |
| IT | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Account Technician 1 | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Security Personnel | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Kerbing and Paving | SST | 16 | Navan |
| ECDL Short | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Healthcare Traineeship | Traineeship | 20 | Navan |
| Landscape Construction | SST | 16 | Navan |
| Man/Com A/cs and Payroll | SST | 20 | Navan |
| Landscape and Construction | SST | 16 | Navan |
| IT Apps and Business Communications | SST | 18 | Navan |
| Childcare Traineeship | Traineeship | 20 | Navan |
| Accounts Technician 2 | SST | 20 | Navan |
| TOTAL | NIL | 630 | NIL |
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of training places created in the past two years; the extent to which such schemes can be augmented in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50146/12]
Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Under the current Programme for Government 2011-2016, the Department of Education and Skills is committed to providing an additional 30,000 training and education places across the education and training system, distributed in line with the recommendations of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs.
With this commitment in mind, to-date my Department has created over 28,000 additional education and training places across a number of initiatives which are set out as follows:
- FÁS Specific Skills Training programme.
- Higher Education Springboard programme
- Back to Education Initiative
- Post Leaving Certificate places
- Labour Market Education and Training Fund 2012
- Springboard 2012
In addition, my Department and its agencies will continue to explore and develop relevant, targeted innovative training and education initiatives that will further support the commitment under the Programme for Government and will equip individuals with the necessary skills to avail of future job opportunities and will provide employers with the necessary skilled workforce it requires.
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