Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
403. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of her Department, and the accompanying cost, for the 2013-14 academic year, from 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014. [30100/14]
View answerMy Department is committed to promoting a culture of continuous learning and development and offers financial assistance where appropriate to staff pursuing a variety of courses under its refund of educational fees scheme. The vast majority of courses undertaken would fall into the categories of either public administration or legal studies. Such courses would have relevance across the Department.
Applications for funding are considered against a number of set criteria, including relevance to the individuals role and the work of the Department, cost and previous investment. In all cases funding is subject to the individual successfully completing their course of study. The Deputy will appreciate that, constraints on expenditure have however, had an impact on my Department's budget for training and development, therefore, in many cases funding is approved for a percentage only of the total fee and in arrears.
|
Course |
College |
Number of Staff availing of funding |
Cost to my Department for the 2013/14 academic year € |
|
BA (Ord) in Law |
Dublin Institute of Technology |
7 |
9,736 |
|
Advanced Diploma in Legislative Drafting |
The Honourable Society of King's Inns |
5 |
20,000 |
|
LLB Bachelor of Law |
Dublin Institute of Technology |
4 |
6,424 |
|
Diploma in Law |
Institute of Public Administration |
1 |
2,200 |
|
Bachelor of Law (Hons) |
Dublin Business School |
1 |
3,920 |
|
LLB (Hons) in Irish Law |
Griffith College |
1 |
3,905 |
|
Diploma in Legal Studies |
The Honourable Society of King's Inns |
1 |
3,980 |
|
LLB (Hons) in Irish Law |
Independent College |
1 |
4,360 |
|
LLM in International Human Rights Law |
NUI, Galway |
1 |
1,532 |
|
Diploma in Official Statistics for Policy Evaluation |
Institute of Public Administration |
6 |
8,700 |
|
BA in Public Management |
Institute of Public Administration |
23 |
55,970 |
|
ACCA Professional Accountancy |
Dublin Business School |
1 |
2,660 |
|
Advanced Diploma in Juvenile Justice |
The Honourable Society of King's Inns |
2 |
3,300 |
|
Certificate in Applied Intelligence |
Mercyhurst University |
1 |
4,960 |
|
Advanced Diploma in Employment Law |
The Honourable Society of King's Inns |
4 |
9,120 |
|
Advanced Diploma in Corporate White Collar Crime |
The Honourable Society of King's Inns |
3 |
5,400 |
|
Professional Certificate in Governance |
Institute of Public Administration |
1 |
1,900 |
|
Professional Certificate in Residential Mortgage Arrears |
The Institute of Bankers in Ireland / UCD |
2 |
950 |
|
Certified Public Accountant |
Griffith College |
1 |
505 |
|
Certified Payroll Technician |
Tralee Institute of Technology / IPASS |
2 |
2,230 |
|
Certificate in Mediation |
Institute of Public Administration |
1 |
1560 |
|
Diploma as Ghaeilge |
University of Limerick |
1 |
630 |
|
Certificate in Data Protection Practice |
The Law Society |
1 |
1,300 |
|
Diploma in Java Programming |
The Fitzwilliam Institute |
2 |
2,990 |
|
BA (Hons) in International Studies |
Open University |
1 |
2,395 |
|
BSc (Hons) in Computing |
National College of Ireland |
1 |
3,204 |
|
BA in Community Studies |
NUI, Maynooth |
1 |
1,146 |
|
MSc in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation |
UCD |
1 |
4,000 |
|
Doctorate in Governance |
Institute of Public Administration / Queen's University / UCD |
2 |
6,542 |
|
BBS (Hons) Accounting |
Institute of Public Administration |
1 |
2,980 |
|
Accounting Technician |
Killarney Community College / Accounting Technicians Ireland |
1 |
1,775 |
|
MSc in Business and Management |
Institute of Public Administration |
1 |
2,500 |
|
MA in Human Resource Management |
Institute of Public Administration |
1 |
5,000 |
|
Certificate in Public Procurement |
Institute of Public Administration |
1 |
4,500 |
|
Associateship of Irish Taxation Institute |
Irish Taxation Institute |
1 |
2,780 |
