Adult Education.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004

Tuesday, 23 March 2004

Ceisteanna (224)

Fergus O'Dowd

Ceist:

224 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he proposes to take to rectify the anomaly that has arisen in Drogheda Institute of Further Education due to the capping of enrolment in the post-leaving certificate sector at 2003-04 levels, whereby the DIFE will be funded for 396 students in a facility that was built for 500. [8431/04]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey)

In the 2003-04 academic year, 666 post-leaving certificate places were approved in County Louth VEC. The allocation and distribution of PLC places among schools in scheme is an operational matter for consideration by the VEC concerned in the first instance. In the circumstances I have asked the VEC to correspond directly with the Deputy in regard to this matter.