Written answers
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Staff Training
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes provided for employees of his Department, and the accompanying cost, for the 2013-2014 academic year, from 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014. [30094/14]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the attached table.
Staff engage in relevant third level and further education programmes in their own time to broaden and maintain their learning and competencies and to build capability to enable the Department meet current and future challenges. My Department also provides a range of targeted training courses annually in areas including financial training, legal training, Freedom of Information (FOI), business process improvement (BPI), IT technical and end user training, management and leadership.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is also provided for members of the Department's School Inspectorate and Psychological Service (NEPS) to address their priority training and development needs.
Cost of third level programmes for the 2013/2014 academic year paid to date.
| Course | College/University | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Advance Diploma in Legislative Drafting | Kings Inns | €4,000.00 |
| Construction Law and Arbitration Msc/LLM | Robert Gordon University | €4,272.94 |
| MA in Public Management | Institute of Public Administration | €2,500.00 |
| PhD in Complex Systems and Computational Social Science | University College Dublin | €3,600.00 |
| Thermal Bridge Assessment | Dublin Institute of Education | €1,035.00 |
| MSc in Strategic Management & Planning | UCD | €6,500.00 |
| Certificate in Counselling and Listening | University of Limerick | €1,400.00 |
| Dioplóma Iarchéime san Aistriúchán agus san eagarthóireacht | NUI Maynooth | €1,845.00 |
| BA Public Management (Hons) | Institute of Public Administration | €5,640.00 |
| Postgrad Diploma in Inclusion and Special Educational Needs | University of Birmingham | €2,749.97 |
| Certificate in HR Management | Athlone IT | €1,550.00 |
| Professional Certificate in Governance | Institute of Public Administration | €950.00 |
| BSC Hons Mathematics | The Open University | €2,096.30 |
| Diploma in HR Management (2 staff) | Athlone Institute of Technology | €4,377.34 |
| Certificate in Civil Service and State Agency Studies (2 staff) | Institute of Public Administration | €1,805.00 |
| Diploma in Civil Service and State Agency Studies | Institute of Public Administration | €990.00 |
| MBA in Technology Management | Open University | €4,541.99 |
| Msc Records Management & Digital Preservation | University of Dundee, Scotland | €2,900.51 |
| Certificate in Public Management (2 staff) | Institute of Public Administration | €4,300.00 |
| Doctorate in Education | Queens University | €3,767.10 |
| Doctorate in Education | University College Cork | €5,770.00 |
| Doctorate Educational Psychology (7 staff) | University College London | €17,429.66 |
| Doctorate in Educational & Child Psychology | University of East London | €4,466.23 |
| Doctor of Education in Educational Psychology | University of Exeter | €2,846.36 |
| Doctorate in Education | Lincoln University, UK | €499.46 |
| Doctorate in Education | Queen's University Belfast | €3,609.64 |
| Doctorate in Educational Psychology (3 staff) | University College Dublin | €10,800.00 |
| Doctorate in Educational Research and Development | University of Lincoln | €2,483.33 |
| Doctorate in Education (2 staff) | NUI MAYNOOTH | €6,760.00 |
| Cost of Academic Programmes | €115,485.83 |
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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 training and development provision for his Department. [30109/14]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The training budget meets the cost of training and development for the Department's staff in administrative, professional, technical and service grades and aims to enhance the skills and knowledge of the staff to enable the Department to meet the current and future challenges and promote the personal development of staff.
In 2008 The training budget at my Department was €1m. The budget has been significantly reduced since then and the budget for 2014 is €450,000 which represents a percentage saving of 55% over the 2008 figure. A 5% reduction would represent €22,500 and a 20% reduction would represent a €90,000 change on the 2014 allocation.
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