Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2013
126. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will benefit from the 70 anti-bullying training sessions to which he has allocated €40,000; and his plans to expand this scheme. [42198/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am pleased to inform the deputy that the amount allocated to support the delivery of the Anti-Bullying Parent Training Programme has been increased to €60,000 due to the high level of interest expressed from schools and parents throughout the country. This will provide for up to 115 anti-bullying training sessions for parents and it is being run jointly by the National Parents Councils (primary and post primary). It is not possible at this stage to estimate the number of schools which will benefit from these sessions as they are being run on a cluster basis. This data should be available by the end of the year when attendance details have been analysed and made available.
