Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Departmental Staff Training
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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1109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protocol for attendance by staff, both civil servants and political non-civil servants, to continuing professional development programmes and courses; the number of staff, both civil servants and political non-civil servants, in her Department who participated in such programmes on an annual basis in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the costs incurred by her Department for persons who participated in these courses; the providers of all such courses; the subject areas of all courses and programmes provided, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46054/17]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department supports staff to continue their professional development in their chosen profession through payment of fees to attend various courses and programmes and also payment of subscription and membership fees to the relevant professional bodies.
Details of continuous professional development costs from 2011 to date are set out in the following table:
Year | No. of civil servants | No. of political non civil servants | Costs incurred by Department | Subject area of courses and programmes | Providers of courses and programmes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 2 | 0 | €430.00 | Accountancy Audit | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Institute of Public Administration ( IPA) |
2014 | 4 | 0 | €9140.84 | Social Work Finance Legal Audit | British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) Public Affairs Ireland (PAI) Institute of Public Administration ( IPA) Law Society of Ireland Ashville Media Group |
2015 | 8 | 0 | €8551.78 | Social Work Accountancy Legal Audit | British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) Health & Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) The Institute of Certified of Public Accountants (CPA) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Kings Inn Law Society of Ireland Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Training Ltd Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development LTD (ACJRD) Institute of Public Administration ( IPA) ERA Academy of European Law |
2016 | 8 | 0 | €5431.81 | Social Work Accountancy Legal Audit | Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Training Ltd The Bessborough Centre Health & Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) International Society for the Prevention of Child and Neglect (ISPCAN) British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Training Ltd University College Dublin Law Society of Ireland ERA Academy of European Law International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Social Research Association Cantwell Media Group |
2017 | 7 | 0 | €10,747.70 | Social Work Accountancy Legal Audit Finance | Conference Partners Ltd PDP Conferences Falconbury Barnardos Guardian Ad Litem Service Health & Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) CMJ Professional Training Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors Institute of Public Administration ( IPA) Law Society of Ireland ERA Academy of European Law Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) CPD Accountancy Training |
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