Written answers

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Department of Education and Skills

Literacy Programmes

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary allocation to each scheme which provides education and training places to persons with literacy problems and learning difficulties; the number of places available on each scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18515/17]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Education and Training Boards, funded through SOLAS, provide a range of programmes to cater for literacy and learning needs of adults, details of which are published in the annual FET Services Plan. The number of places planned and the allocation for each of these programmes in 2016 are set out in the following table:

Programme*Planned Beneficiaries of FET Provision in 2016Funding Allocation
Adult Literacy Groups (incl Family Literacy)37,928€24,897,653
ESOL13,232€1,363,375
ITABE2,960€1,955,781
Refugee Resettlement (ESOL)559€1,281,273
Voluntary Literacy Tuition2,625€0
Total57,304€29,498,081
*Final figures FOR 2016 are not yet available to SOLAS and may vary slightly when year end figures are complete.

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Laurence Flynn
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