Written answers
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Department of Education and Skills
Literacy Programmes
Carol 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]
Richard 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 2016 | Funding Allocation |
---|---|---|
Adult Literacy Groups (incl Family Literacy) | 37,928 | €24,897,653 |
ESOL | 13,232 | €1,363,375 |
ITABE | 2,960 | €1,955,781 |
Refugee Resettlement (ESOL) | 559 | €1,281,273 |
Voluntary Literacy Tuition | 2,625 | €0 |
Total | 57,304 | €29,498,081 |
Laurence Flynn
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