Written answers

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Departmental Staff Training

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of his Department, and the accompanying cost, for the 2013-14 academic year, from 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014. [30103/14]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The table contains a breakdown of expenditure on training and development in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for the academic year 2013/2014.

Course TitleProviderCost
3rd Level – Refund of Fees Scheme-
MSc operations managementDCU€3,770.00
Doctorate in GovernanceInstitute of Public Administration (IPA)€8,000.00
Bachelor of LawOpen UniversitySTG £2,965
Bachelor in LawUCC€3,950.00
BA(Hons) in Public ManagementIPA€2,820.00
Diploma in Arts Training & EducationNUI Galway€2,900.00
Professional Diploma in Official Statistics for Policy EvaluationIPA€1,450.00
MSc in Shipping OperationsSouthampton Solent UniversitySTG £6,500
Diploma in civil service and state agency studiesIPA€990.00
MBAUCD Smurfit Graduate Business School€14,750.00
Professional Certificate in governanceIPA€1,900.00
MA in Economic PolicyTCD€9,585.00
Master of Arts - Public ManagementIPA€5,000.00
Training Programme and other Courses--
Major Projects Leadership AcademyMajor Projects Authority€36,288.86
Irish Language TrainingGaelchultur€650.00
Effective WritingIrish Times Training€795.00
Port Facility Security Officer TrainingCrime Management Ltd€750.00
Excel Advanced SureSkills€490.00
Leadership Challenge Programme IPA€15,900.00
Employment LawLegal Island€1,425.00
Interview TrainingTiger Consulting€8.095.00
French CourseAlliance Francaise€180.00
Leadership TrainingOlive Fives€1,717.00
Procurement Course  BMF Business Services€276.75
ACCA UpdateInstitute of Chartered Accountants€290.00
Accounting for Performance in the Public SectorIPA€250.00
Risk ManagementIPA€1,215.00
Business Report WritingIrish Times Training€1,590.00
Corporate Leadership Programme Board Match Ireland€2,100.00
Business Process Improvement IPA€700.00
Recruitment Interview TrainingCarr Communications€700.00
Marine Survey Training Falmouth Marine School/Cornwall College€9,704.00
VAT CourseIPASS€1,200.00
Time ManagementCarr Communications€925.00
Team Working SkillsIrish Time Training€795.00
Ingres TrainingActian Ltd€3,000.00
Fire Fighting CourseBIM€950.00

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the staff training and development provision for his Department. [30118/14]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The allocation for 2014 for training and development in the Department is €150,000. The impact of applying the percentages to this figure is set out in the table.  

Budget 2014 % Reduction€ Saving
€150,00057,500
-710,500
-1015,000
-1218,000
-1522,500
-1725,500
-2030,000

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