Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Department of Education and Skills
Education Centre Network
Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocations provided to a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47135/17]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Education Centres are statutory bodies under Section 37 of the Education Act (1998) and are managed by local voluntary Management Committees which are elected annually. Management Committees have overall responsibility for the operation of their centres and the appointment of a director and other staff.
My Department is the main source of funding for Education Centres. It allocates core funding to Centres for the costs of administration staff and operating costs and also allocates funding for the provision of local courses. In addition to direct funding, the salary costs of the Directors who are normally teachers on secondment are met in full i.e. they are paid from the central payrolls operated by the Department of Education and Skills. Centres also have other sources of income including, hire of rooms, local partnerships, partnerships with other State bodies.
The Centre is question also receives funding for a part time Education Centre and the workshop element of the National Induction Programme for Teachers (NIPT) support service.
Following is the table of the funding provided to the Centre from 2009 to 2017:
| Funding to Donegal Education Centre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donegal | Donegal | Gortahork | Gortahork | NIPT | Yearly | |
| Year | Core | Local Course | Core | Local Course | Admin | Total |
| 2009 | 222,258 | 34,704 | 8,622 | 3,880 | 0 | 269,464 |
| 2010 | 222,258 | 34,467 | 8,622 | 0 | 378,473 | 643,820 |
| 2011 | 222,258 | 34,467 | 0 | 2,498 | 858,199 | 1,117,422 |
| 2012 | 222,260 | 34,468 | 0 | 2,498 | 800,000 | 1,059,226 |
| 2013 | 197,510 | 34,468 | 8,624 | 3,006 | 700,000 | 943,608 |
| 2014 | 197,510 | 34,468 | 8,624 | 4,440 | 963,222 | 1,208,264 |
| 2015 | 213,510 | 34,468 | 8,624 | 3,495 | 846,280 | 1,106,377 |
| 2016** | 197,510 | 34,648 | 3,969 | 0 | 0 | 236,127 |
| 2017 (to date) | 213,310 | 34,468 | 13,704 | 4,440 | 0 | 265,922 |
| Total | 1,908,384 | 310,626 | 60,789 | 24,257 | 4,546,174 | 6,850,230 |
There was a restructuring of the funding for the NIPT in 2016.
Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a centre's (details supplied) audited accounts have been submitted to his Department for each of the years 2009 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47136/17]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Education Centres are statutory bodies recognised under Section 37 of the Education Act (1998) and are managed by local voluntary Management Committees which are elected annually. Management Committees have overall responsibility for the operation of their centres and the appointment of a director and other staff.
Education Centres submit their independently certified accounts to my Department at the end of each financial year. The Centre in question has provided accounts for the years 2009 to 2016.
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