In response to the Deputy’s question the following table outlines the number of staff in my Department/agencies that attended conferences or seminars in 2012:
Name & Purpose of Conference
|
Location
|
Number of delegates
|
T&S
|
Cost
|
The 8th National Health Summit
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€362.85
|
Legal Professional Privilege and the Protection of Communications
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€295.00
|
Judicial Review Law Conference
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€150.00
|
Health Management Institute Conference
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€100.00
|
Planning and Environmental Law Conference
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€395.00
|
Enforcing European Union Environmental Law
|
Cork
|
1
|
€134.99
|
|
IPA - Economic Recovery & Public Sector Reform
|
Dublin
|
4
|
|
€760.50
|
Judicial Review and Statutory Appeals
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€295.00
|
Grief at Work Seminars
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€350.00
|
Data Protection Conference - Practical Compliance
|
Dublin
|
4
|
|
€1,650.10
|
Justice Conference 2012 – Delivering Efficient, Affordable and Efficient Services
|
Dublin
|
3
|
|
€595.00
|
Good Governance - Responsibilities of Managers
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€180.00
|
Governance Forum- Responsibilities of Managers
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€225.00
|
IPASS Annual Update Day
|
Louth
|
2
|
|
€575.00
|
ACCA Debate - Irelands President’s Debate
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€20.00
|
Mindful Leader Conference - Leadership Qualities
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€120.00
|
Excellence Through People Information Day
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€50.00
|
Saville Wave Seminar - Personality Questionnaires
|
Belfast
|
1
|
|
€33.00
|
ACCA Conference - Mortgage Arrears into perspective
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€35.00
|
ACCA Conference - Employee Rights & Employer Duties
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€35.00
|
ACCA Taxation Conference - Taxation Update
|
Louth
|
1
|
|
€35.00
|
Public Sector Reform Conference - Public Sector Reform
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€240.00
|
Excellence Through People Conference - Getting Peoples Buy-In to Quality
|
Portlaoise
|
1
|
|
€75.00
|
ACCA Breakfast Conference - Joe Durkin speaking
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€35.00
|
Achilles Conference - Getting the content of OJEU & National Notices right
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€75.00
|
Achilles – Choosing the Best Selection & Award Criteria
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€75.00
|
Achilles - Contract Management for General Procurements
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€75.00
|
9th UN Careers Roundtable
|
Brussels
|
1
|
|
€318.00
|
IPA Conference – Accounting Reform for the Irish Public Service
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€295.00
|
ACCA Budget Briefing
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€35.00
|
Future of HR in the Public Sector – Development in Public Sector Human Resource Management
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€301.35
|
Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) Conference – Developments in Forensic Toxicology
|
Boston
|
1
|
|
€3,194.59
|
United Kingdom & Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT) Conference – Developments in Forensic Toxicology
|
Belfast
|
1
|
|
€329.04
|
Employment Law Seminar – Developments in Employment Law
|
Kildare
|
1
|
|
€44.70
|
Inaugural Willing Able Mentoring (WAM) Seminar – Debate on Disclosing Disability in the Workplace
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€8.00
|
Pathways to Work
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€116.85
|
Public Internal Control Seminar
|
Dublin
|
2
|
|
€12.40
|
County & City Librarians Association Seminar – Public Service Reform
|
Wicklow
|
1
|
€39.30
|
|
Annual Institute of Internal Auditors Conference
|
Meath
|
3
|
|
€2,408.98
|
Internal Audit Conference (EU) – Developing cross-EU Internal Audit liaison
|
Brussels
|
2
|
|
€1,290.61
|
Internal Audit Conference
|
Dublin
|
7
|
|
€208.44
|
Achieving Reform for the Public Sector Conference
|
Dublin
|
2
|
|
€731.23
|
State Aid Rules for National & EU Funds – Update
|
Berlin
|
1
|
|
€2,459.96
|
Technical Group Meeting – Update on technical issues for EU Structural Funds
|
Brussels
|
2
|
|
€1,779.40
|
IFRS Update Course – Update on Financial Reporting Standards
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€353.41
|
IBEC – HR Conference
|
Dublin
|
2
|
|
€971.70
|
IPA Housing Practitioners Conference
|
Limerick
|
1
|
€102.78
|
€250.00
|
Institute of Chartered Accountants – Euro Zone Crisis
|
Dublin
|
1
|
|
€239.85
|
Total
|
|
|
€277.07
|
€22,184.96
|
Details regarding conferences and seminars attended by OPW in 2012 are currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.