Written answers
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Departmental Data
Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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353.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in her Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24679/24]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I am advised that the details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in my Department during the period 2021 to date are detailed in the table below.
The table contains the information requested in relation to the year any such training and presentations was delivered, the content of such training and presentations, and if attendance at such training and presentations was mandatory or voluntary for staff. The details of individual service providers and cost is commercially sensitive.
Training | Year | Content | Mandatory? |
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Interview Board Training | 2021 - 2022- 2023 | Unconscious Bias was covered as part of this training | No |
Safe to Create Programme | N/A - eLearning module | Addressing Unconscious Bias was part of this training | No |
Equality and Human Rights: Understanding Your Role | 2022 - 2023 - 2024 | Raising Self Awareness, including Unconscious Bias, was part of this training | No |
Introduction to Quality Customer Service | 2022 - 2023 - 2024 | Managing Unconscious Bias was part of this training | No |
Collaborative Working and Team Building | 2022 - 2023 -2024 | Unconscious Bias was part of this training | No |
Professional Telephone Skills | 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024 | Unconscious Bias was part of this training | No |
Advanced Telephone Skills | 2021 - 2022 - 2023 -2024 | Unconscious Bias was part of this training | No |
Managing for an Inclusive Workforce | 2022 - 2023 - 2024 | Overcoming barriers to inclusion within and across teams (fear, bias, micro-behaviour, knowledge gaps, inertia & time) and Unconscious Bias was part of this training | No |
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