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Departmental Staff Training

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Questions (480)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

480. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of his Department, and the accompanying cost, for the 2013-2014 academic year, from 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014. [30091/14]

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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular form below.

Training Courses

Total

Generic T&D for Civil Service Work

€7,222

Customer Service Workshop

€345

Excel

€1,644

Freedom of Information training

€2,060

Minute Taking for Meetings

€390

Powerpoint

€249

Speech Writing

€1,470

Team & People Management

€345

Time Management

€225

Word

€249

Writing for the Web

€245

Leadership & Management Skills

€5,300

Leadership Challenge

€5,300

Post Second Level

€47,178

Advanced Diploma in Juvenile Justice

€8,250

BA in Management

€2,820

Certificate in Data Protection Practice

€1,200

Certificate in Public Management

€2,160

Certificate in Child Law

€1,200

Diploma in Child Law

€4,600

MSc in Policy Analysis

€7,900

MSc Innovation Management

€3,320

PHD - Governance

€10,246

PhD Philosophy in Social Work (TCD)

€2,582

Statistics for Policy Evaluation

€2,900

Professional and technical training

€8,941

Certificate in Public Sector Corp Governance

€970

Internal Audit Seminar

€150

Interviewee & Interviewer Training

€4,995

Introduction to Internal Audit

€1,620

Judicial Review

€136

Legal Professional Privilege

€490

Public Procurement

€580

Specialist Training for Corporate Activities

€3,330

Certificate in Human Management

€1,210

Expenditure Reform for Civil Service

€195

Flexi Training

€300

PC Maintenance

€1,380

Understanding Financial Statements

€245

Grand Total

€71,971

In addition, there are a number of refund of fees for third level courses still subject to successful completion of the programme. If all staff successfully complete their programmes and claim refunds, a further cost of approximately €24,000 will be incurred for the period in question.

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