Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
436. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38483/12]
View answerThe staff training and development budget at my Department covers the cost of training and development for officials in the administrative, professional, technical and service grades. Spending is targeted at the priority business needs of sections and divisions in order that the staffing resource at my Department continues to develop their skills in key areas which include: financial management; information and communications technology; project management; legal matters; management development and evaluation.
Officials are encouraged to pursue relevant third level and further education programmes in their own time to broaden their skills and qualifications in order to assist the Department in meeting current and future challenges. Officials are currently undertaking course in areas that include Public Management, Education, Economic Policy, Legislative Drafting and Human Resource Management. In 2011 the Department spent €496,607 on training and development and the corresponding figure to date in 2012 is €233,560. The following tabular statement give details of the type of courses pursued, the cost and the number of participants.
|
Category |
2011 Cost |
Participants |
Average Cost P/P |
2012 Cost to date |
Participants |
Average Cost P/P |
|
Civil Service Training & Development Centre |
4,166.77 |
5 |
833.35 |
2,760.00 |
3 |
920.00 |
|
Financial Training |
4,749.50 |
127 |
37.40 |
12,122.74 |
53 |
228.73 |
|
Health & Safety Training |
8,516.25 |
161 |
52.89 |
4,530.00 |
79 |
57.34 |
|
Inspectorate CPD |
29,634.86 |
164 |
180.70 |
22,069.75 |
130 |
169.77 |
|
National Educational and Psychological Service (NEPS) CPD |
53,344.00 |
442 |
120.69 |
32,947.00 |
575 |
57.30 |
|
Irish Language |
13,453.10 |
64 |
210.20 |
400.00 |
2 |
200.00 |
|
IT End User Training courses |
19,216.47 |
140 |
137.26 |
3,591.00 |
63 |
57.00 |
|
IT Unit Technical Courses |
57,048.78 |
80 |
713.11 |
50,444.40 |
56 |
900.82 |
|
Legal Training |
1,010.00 |
8 |
126.25 |
6,040.00 |
11 |
549.10 |
|
Management Development / Leadership training |
38,140.80 |
158 |
241.40 |
1,995.00 |
1 |
1,995.00 |
|
Writing Skills |
600.00 |
1 |
600.00 |
3,950.00 |
67 |
58.95 |
|
Conferences and Seminars |
12,189.94 |
83 |
146.87 |
3,458.46 |
18 |
192.14 |
|
Academic Fees |
235,376.35 |
82 |
2,912.02 |
81,202.64 |
23 |
3,416.65 |
|
Other Training Events( Customer Service, E.U. Related, Data Protection |
19,160.75 |
42 |
456.20 |
8,050.00 |
42 |
196.34 |
|
Total Training spend 2011 |
496,607.57 |
|
|
233,560.99 |
|
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