Written answers

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43246/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department has utilised the services of the Common Purpose Ireland but not Common Purpose UK.

Below in tabular format, and in chronological order, are details of the Department’s expenditure related to the period from 1st January 2015 to 7th September 2021 together with a description of the purpose for each engagement.

Date Purpose of engagement Amount €
26/01/2015 Focus Leader programme 2,800
06/08/2015 Limerick Navigation programme 3,500
18/11/2015 Meridian Leadership Programme 3,000
15/07/2016 Limerick Navigation programme 1,000
05/10/2016 Meridian programme 2016/2017 3,000
16/01/2017 Pitstop programme 2016/2017 7,500
24/04/2017 Common Purpose Focus 2017 4,000
28/04/2017 Pitstop programme 7,500
15/01/2018 Pitstop programme 7,500

Staff from my Department attended a number of Common Purpose Ireland programmes between 2015 and 2018 as part of the Department's focus on leadership development. Common Purpose offered a unique peer-to-peer experiential learning approach which aimed to broaden leadership perspectives, with participants from both the public and private sectors.

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