Education and Training Provision

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Questions (45)

Richard Boyd Barrett

Question:

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all publicly funded training schemes, upskilling and education courses; and the number of persons taking part in each of these schemes. [43451/13]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

I have supplied for the Deputy's attention a list of all the FAS/Skillnets/Further Education and Higher Education courses and where available the number of persons benefitting from these places to date in 2013. In relation to the Further Education and Higher Education provision the numbers requested by the Deputy for 2013 are not available. However, I have included in the attached tables figures for 2012 and in some cases 2011.

FAS Training Provision 2013	Beneficiaries year to date
	30-Aug-'13
Bridging Foundation	1,526
Community Training Centres	2,941
Return to Work	82
Skills Training/Sponsored Training	12,416
Traineeship	3,410
Local Training Initiative	3,709
Wider Horizons	192
Specialist Training Programme	2,829
Redundant Apprentice Placement	1,030
European & Other Initiatives	10
Momentum	4,925
Subtotal	33,070
Evening Courses	11,170
On-Line and Blended Learning	8,456
Library Project	287
Subtotal	19,913
Training For Employment	52,983
Apprenticeship	3,526
On-Line Learning (Employed)	298
Training In Employment	3,824
Grand Total	56,807

Skillnets
Year to date 2013
	Training Network Programmes	Finuas	Job Seekers Programme	Managementworks
Employed beneficiaries	24953	684	N/A	556
Unemployed beneficiaries	2733	42	2068	N/A

Further Education 2012
	Participants
Part time
Adult Literacy	57,004
Community Education	55,415
Back to Education Initiative	32,066
subtotal	144,485

Full time
Post Leaving Certificate	36,528
Youthreach	3,313
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme	5,567
subtotal	45,478
Total	189,963

There are no stats available for 2013.

Higher Education	Places available 2011	Places available 2012	Places available 2013	Total
Springboard:	4,956	5,575	6,100	16.631
ICT Skills Conversion Programmes	N/A	705	769	1,474

Mainstream HE provision

In 2011/12 there were 162,786 full time students enrolled in HEA funded higher education institutions (a 12% increase on the numbers enrolled in 2008/09).