Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48810/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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My Department is committed to promoting a culture of continuous learning and professional development with a view to enhancing organisational and individual capability.  The Department invests in a range of courses and programmes designed to address any gaps in knowledge and expertise.  Staff also attend conferences and seminars to ensure that they are keeping up to date with recent developments and improvements related to their specific areas such as European policy, IT, and human resources.

The table details the cost per annum of the delivery of learning and development interventions, including the spend for staff attending courses and seminars on an individual basis, from 2012 to date.

The list of course providers over the requested period is extensive. The attached list details the main providers for the period in question. The courses provided cover a wide range of areas including communication skills, people management, leadership, change management, as well as technical skills such as IT, inspection, audit, accounting, and legal skills.

Breakdown of Expenditure from 2012 to October 2017

List of main Training Providers from 2012 to Sept 2017

ACCA

Accounting Technicians Ireland

Adaptas Training

Alliance Francaise

All-One Corporate Solutions Ltd

Arcline Ltd

Ashville Media Group Ltd

Beacon Training

Bluewave Technology Limited

Byrne Wallace Law Firm

Carr Communications Ltd

CENAD sprl

Chartered Accountants Ireland,

Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors Ireland

Chris Mee Group

CIPD Ireland

Common Purpose Limited

DCM Learning

DeafHear.ie

Deloitte

Department of Finance

Department of Public Expenditure & Reform

DMS Personnel Consultants (Ireland) Ltd

ERA Academy of European Law

Ernst & Young

Europaische Rechtsakademie

European Academy for Taxes, Economics and Law

European Institute of Communications

European Institute of Public Administration

Evolution, Human Resource & Management Consultancy

Fitzwilliam Institute Group

Gaelchultur

GovNet Communications

HazChem Training Limited

Hibernian Training Courses

IACT

ICS Skills

IIA Training Ltd

Institute of Bankers

Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland

Institute of International & European Affairs

Institute of Public Administration

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

IPASS

Irish Centre for European Law

Irish Quality Centre

Irish Times Training (Irish Times Ltd, Itronics Ltd)

La Touche Training

Law Society of Ireland

Leaders UK and Ireland Ltd (Young Programme Events Ltd)

Legal-Island Ltd

Mazars

Mediator's Institute of Ireland

New Horizons Ireland

Olas

Optima Training & Consulting Ltd.,

PDP Training

Perpetual Solutions

Pitman Training

Presidion ( Formally SPSS Ireland)

Professional Development Ireland Ltd

Public Affairs Ireland

Riskom International Pty Ltd

Rothwell Performance Consulting

Seneca Healthcare Solutions CiC

Seven Psychology at Work

Shannon Consulting

Sureskills Ltd

The Communications Clinic Ltd

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Ltd.

The Dublin Solicitors Bar Association

The Honorable Society of King's Inns

The Sandford Language Institute

Tiger Consulting

Trigraph Professional Training

Trinity College Dublin

UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

UCD Adult Education Centre