Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of proposed providers of PLC courses in County Kildare in 2012 that had their applications refused; the location of such providers; the number of participants which it was proposed to accommodate on the PLC course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50665/12]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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There are currently a total of 32,688 approved Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) places available nationwide. These places are allocated to providers, mainly VECs, but also some voluntary secondary and community and comprehensive schools, on an annual basis, following an application process.

In Co Kildare the VEC is the sole provider of PLC courses and they received an allocation of PLC places for the 2012/2013 academic year similar to that which was allocated the previous year.