Written answers
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Department of Finance
Departmental Staff Training
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes provided for employees of his Department, and accompanying cost, for the 2013-2014 academic year, from 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014. [30096/14]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Finance continues to invest in staff development in order to supplement the skills and qualifications of our teams, through a combination of internal and external training and development initiatives.
The Department strives to improve training in order to develop greater professional, technical, management and leadership skills. Using the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS), the Department reviews our staffs' performance and endeavours to identify any skills requiring enhancement to ensure our training resources meet our business objectives.
The following is a list of all third level courses, training programmes and courses with the accompanying cost for the 2013/2014 academic year, provided for employees by the Department of Finance. Please note some of the academic courses are still on-going and will be concluding over the coming months.
All Courses under the Refund of Fees Scheme 2013-2014
| Course Name | No. of Staff | Cost (€) |
|---|---|---|
| ACCA Accountancy course | 1 | 2,000.00 |
| Advanced Dip in Legislative Drafting | 1 | 4,500.00 |
| AITI Chartered Tax Adviser Programme | 4 | 7,891.50 |
| BA Applied Taxation | 1 | 5,000.00 |
| BA(Hons) Human Resource Management | 1 | 2,980.00 |
| BA(Ord) in Law | 1 | 1,565.00 |
| Degree in Public Management | 1 | 2,820.00 |
| Diploma in Corporate Finance | 1 | 2,925.00 |
| Diploma in Law | 2 | 5,500.00 |
| Diploma in Strategy & Innovation | 1 | 9,950.00 |
| Doctorate in Governance | 1 | 8,000.00 |
| German | 1 | 1,020.00 |
| French | 1 | 350.00 |
| Jurisprudence & Administration Law | 1 | 1,200.00 |
| MA in Public Management | 3 | 14,200.00 |
| Masters of Economic Science in Policy Analysis | 1 | 2,500.00 |
| MSc in Financial Services | 1 | 6,150.00 |
| MSc in Investment Treasury & Banking | 1 | 6,500.00 |
| MSc in Leadership & Management | 1 | 6,850.00 |
| PhD in Economics | 1 | 3,600.00 |
| Postgrad Dip in Arts /Human Resource Mgt | 2 | 14,000.00 |
| Postgrad Dip in Public Management | 1 | 5,000.00 |
| Professional Certificate in Compliance | 2 | 3,020.00 |
| Diploma in Project management | 22 | 47,995.00 |
| Total | 53 | €165,516.50 |
The Department has also completed 38 training programmes this academic year. The following training courses have been undertaken and are a mixture of internal and external training programmes.
Training Programmes and Courses Undertaken 2013/2014
| - | Course Name | Cost (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Executive Coaching | 6,285.00 |
| 2 | AO/HEO Leadership & Development Programme | 2,401.28 |
| 3 | PMDS Calibration Facilitation | 1,975.00 |
| 4 | Interview Board Training | 1,200.00 |
| 5 | Manual Handling Training | 600.00 |
| 6 | IIF Executive Programme on Country/Sovereign Risk Management and Crisis Resolution | 4,900.00 |
| 7 | Introduction to Business Process Improvement | 810.00 |
| 8 | CO Development Programme | 4,583.85 |
| 9 | Effective Business Writing Skills | 1,200.00 |
| 10 | Leading Under Pressure IPA | 200.00 |
| 11 | Microsoft Word and Excel-intermediate | 1,319.00 |
| 12 | Bereavement Workshop | 100.00 |
| 13 | Corporate Governance | 651.90 |
| 14 | Train the Trainer Programme | 3,600.00 |
| 15 | Employee Engagement Training | 5,506.00 |
| 16 | Mentoring Programme | 2,550.00 |
| 17 | PMDS Training | 8,880.00 |
| 18 | Presentation Skills Training | 1,200.00 |
| 19 | Finance for Non - Financial Managers | 8,556.00 |
| 20 | Leadership and Development Programme | 20,300.00 |
| 21 | Data for Decisions | 295.00 |
| 22 | ITI briefing on recent and forthcoming Direct Taxes | 345.00 |
| 23 | Financial Crime | 35.00 |
| 24 | Masterclass in Section 247 and Recovery of Capital | 85.00 |
| 25 | Irish Financial Regulatory Service update | 420.00 |
| 26 | Global Tax Policy Conference | 625.00 |
| 27 | Introduction to Financial Services Regulation | 380.00 |
| 28 | Conference on developments in Public Procurement | 338.25 |
| 29 | Maintaining the momentum-Reform Priorities after the Troika Programme- IPA | 175.00 |
| 30 | Solvency Training | 1,170.00 |
| 31 | Understanding the EU budget | 2,430.00 |
| 32 | Support for AITI students- lunchtime tutorials | 1,800.00 |
| 33 | Central Bank Inspection and Enforcement | 380.00 |
| 34 | Common Purpose Leadership Programme | 2,500.00 |
| 35 | Training on State Aid Legislation | 9,500.00 |
| 36 | EU decision-making Course | 5,218.00 |
| 37 | Diploma in Tax Policy and Practice | 16,856.00 |
| 38 | Executive Programme | 5,000.00 |
| Total | 124,370.28 |
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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61. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [30111/14]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The current allocation for training and development for 2014 in the Department of Finance is €295,450. The Department of Finance continues to invest in staff development in order to supplement the skills and qualifications of our teams, through a combination of internal and external learning and development initiatives.
The annual savings to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to the allocation, is outlined in the table below:
| Reduction | Potential Saving |
|---|---|
| 5% | €14,773 |
| 7% | €20,682 |
| 10% | €29,545 |
| 12% | €35,454 |
| 15% | €44,318 |
| 17% | €50,227 |
| 20% | €59,090 |
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