I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 to 290, inclusive, together.
My Department provides an annual grant to Co Dublin VEC to coordinate the Adult Refugee Programme. In 2011, 59% and 6.7 % of the annual budget was spent on tutors' salaries and national coordination costs respectively.
It was decided to cease the Adult Refugee Programme as there are alternative education services available for refugees within existing Further Education programmes such as the Adult Literacy and Community Education Scheme (ALCES) and the Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) Programme. It is also Further Education policy to seek to integrate provision. The Programme will cease in all centres where it operates including those referred to by the Deputy.