Written answers
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Department of Education and Skills
School Completion Programme
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the school completion programme during each year while it was the responsibility of her Department. [46966/14]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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In 2011, under the National Education Welfare Board (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2011 responsibility for the School Completion Programme (SCP) transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The full budget allocation for SCP, in 2011, was €30.3m. This funding transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in 2011.
Prior to the transfer of functions SCP was administered by my Department from 2002 to 2010 and the expenditure for this programme during that time is detailed below:
Year | Expenditure on School Completion Programme |
|---|---|
| 2002 | €1,850,051.69 |
| 2003 | €9,896,791.44 |
| 2004 | €23,460,862.02 |
| 2005 | €22,061,091.99 |
| 2006 | €21,703,205.25 |
| 2007 | €30,241,999.17 |
| 2008 | €28,951,990.65 |
| 2009 | €30,404,353.22 |
| 2010 | €30,007,485.95 |
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met officials from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46967/14]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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In 2011, under the National Education Welfare Board (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2011 responsibility for the School Completion Programme (SCP) transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Since January 2014 the School Completion Programme has been administered by TUSLA on behalf of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA).
My Department liaises with DCYA and TUSLA on an ongoing basis in relation to Educational Welfare Services including the School Completion Programme and is currently participating in a review of the School Completion Programme which is being undertaken by the ESRI.
The School Completion Programme is a key support for DEIS schools under the DEIS School Support Programme and plays an important role in the positive learning outcomes being achieved in those schools.In that context I have recently written to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to future funding for the Programme.
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