Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2009
298 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff who received financial assistance to pursue courses in further or higher education in each of the past five years; the number of such staff who were subsequently re-assigned to duties appropriate to their new qualifications. [45319/09]
View answerThere follows a breakdown of the number of staff in my Department who received financial assistance between 2005 to 2009, inclusive, to pursue courses in further and higher education:
|
Year |
Number of staff who received financial assistance |
|
2009 |
7 |
|
2008 |
8 |
|
2007 |
13 |
|
2006 |
20 |
|
2005 |
35 |
The assistance provided was in respect of courses and training relevant and appropriate to the current roles and responsibilities of the staff in question and was in accordance with the Department's Performance Management and Development System. Therefore, the need to reassign any of these staff to duties appropriate to their new qualification has not arisen. The drop in numbers doing third level courses from 2005 to 2009 can be attributed to the changes in staff numbers within this Department and to the decentralisation of the Department.
