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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 July 2012

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Questions (130)

Eoghan Murphy

Question:

141 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no longer an ecommerce training course being offered by FÁS; and his views on whether an ecommerce course would be a useful addition to the current courses on offer. [33352/12]

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I am informed that the ecommerce course referred to by the Deputy was deactivated by FÁS in order to update it and bring it into line with the new Common Awards System. FÁS is currently working on a replacement course and once this course has been developed, it will be scheduled on the FÁS course calendar.

In addition, Skillnets receive funding from the National Training Fund (NTF) through my Department to support companies from any sector or region to engage in training by co-investing in the delivery of training with member companies of networks. Skillnets works in partnership with enterprise, in particular SMEs, by supporting the development of flexible and effective training delivery methods which are customised to its specific needs. There are a number of current course offerings related to ecommerce or which include a module around ecommerce and these can be viewed on the Skillnets website at www.skillnets.ie.

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