Written answers
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Staff Training
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying costs for the 2013/2014 academic year 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014 provided for employees of his Department. [30703/14]
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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115. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [30706/14]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 112 and 115 together.
The Information requested by the Deputy is contained in a number of tables.
| Courses and Programme | Costs € | Number of People |
|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate | 25,558 | 4 |
| Graduate | 19,760 | 7 |
| Certificates/Diplomas | 2,140 | 2 |
| Language Training | 2,840 | 5 |
| Leadership Development Programme (MAC, POs, APs) | 26,250 | 45 |
| Management Development*** | 1,130 | 6 |
| Managing, Motivating and Coaching Staff | 825 | 3 |
| Retirement Planning | No Charge | 3 |
| Procurement and Oracle * | No Charge | 19 |
| Lotus Notes WSPMS * | No Charge | 21 |
| Social Policy and Economic Reform Workshop* | No Charge | 10 |
| Programme for Government Office Workshop* | No Charge | 14 |
| The PQ Process* | No Charge | 17 |
| Manual Handling** | No Charge | 20 |
| First Aid Refresher** | No Charge | 3 |
| IT Skills | 1,990 | 19 |
| Management Development | 495 | 1 |
| Public Speaking | 295 | 1 |
| SMART Reading | 4,500 | 30 |
| Freedom of Information for Decision Makers x 2 | 2,400 | 37 |
| Total | 88,183 | 267 |
*Training Workshops Facilitated by DOT members of staff with expertise in these areas.
** This training was provided free of charge by the OPW.
*** This training programme was provided in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food and costs were shared between the two Departments
A reduction in the 2013/14 academic year training and development expenditure of my Department would be as follows:
| 2013/14 Spend | Less 5% | Less 7% | Less 10% | Less 12% | Less 15% | Less 17% | Less 20% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88,183 | 83,774 | 82,010 | 79,364 | 77,601 | 74,955 | 73,192 | 70,546 |
| Saving | 4,409 | 6,173 | 8,819 | 10,582 | 13,228 | 14,991 | 17,637 |
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