Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan who is unable to avail of the CETS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4757/14]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Childcare assistance was introduced in the late 1990s as a way of providing assistance to people participating on specific Further Education programmes who faced barriers returning to education. In 2010, this programme was restructured into the Childcare Education and Training Scheme (CETS) administered by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

The programmes targeted by the original programme were Youthreach, the Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS), Senior Traveller Training Centres (STTCs) and later, the Back To Education Initiative. These programmes, with the exception of STTCs which have now closed, remain the focus of the CETS programme. It is not intended to extend the scheme further at this point.