Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Schemes

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of doubling funding of adult literacy schemes, run by VECs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35327/14]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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A total of €26.5 million was allocated in 2014 to Education and Training Boards (ETBs) under the Adult Literacy programme. The cost of doubling this allocation would increase the total cost to €53 million An additional €2.8 million was allocated to ETBs under the Workplace Basic Education Programme, funded from the National Training Fund, which provides literacy and numeracy tuition to people in the workplace. The cost of doubling this allocation would bring the total cost to €5.6 million.

The funding of these schemes comes within the remit of SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority. It will be a matter for SOLAS to address funding arrangements for these schemes as part of implementing Government policy through the annual service plan process undertaken by it with the ETBs.

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