Childcare Education and Training Scheme Places

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 January 2014

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Questions (64)

Heather Humphreys

Question:

64. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan who is unable to avail of the CETS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4757/14]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

Childcare assistance was introduced in the late 1990s as a way of providing assistance to people participating on specific Further Education programmes who faced barriers returning to education. In 2010, this programme was restructured into the Childcare Education and Training Scheme (CETS) administered by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The programmes targeted by the original programme were Youthreach, the Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS), Senior Traveller Training Centres (STTCs) and later, the Back To Education Initiative. These programmes, with the exception of STTCs which have now closed, remain the focus of the CETS programme. It is not intended to extend the scheme further at this point.