Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 July 2014
112. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying costs for the 2013-14 academic year 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014 provided for employees of his Department. [30703/14]
Amharc ar fhreagra115. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [30706/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 112 and 115 together.
The Information requested by the Deputy is contained in a number of tables.
|
Courses and Programme |
Costs € |
Number of People |
|
Post Graduate |
25,558 |
4 |
|
Graduate |
19,760 |
7 |
|
Certificates/Diplomas |
2,140 |
2 |
|
Language Training |
2,840 |
5 |
|
Leadership Development Programme (MAC, POs, APs) |
26,250 |
45 |
|
Management Development*** |
1,130 |
6 |
|
Managing, Motivating and Coaching Staff |
825 |
3 |
|
Retirement Planning |
No Charge |
3 |
|
Procurement and Oracle * |
No Charge |
19 |
|
Lotus Notes WSPMS * |
No Charge |
21 |
|
Social Policy and Economic Reform Workshop* |
No Charge |
10 |
|
Programme for Government Office Workshop* |
No Charge |
14 |
|
The PQ Process* |
No Charge |
17 |
|
Manual Handling** |
No Charge |
20 |
|
First Aid Refresher** |
No Charge |
3 |
|
IT Skills |
1,990 |
19 |
|
Management Development |
495 |
1 |
|
Public Speaking |
295 |
1 |
|
SMART Reading |
4,500 |
30 |
|
Freedom of Information for Decision Makers x 2 |
2,400 |
37 |
|
Total |
88,183 |
267 |
*Training Workshops Facilitated by DOT members of staff with expertise in these areas.
** This training was provided free of charge by the OPW.
*** This training programme was provided in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food and costs were shared between the two Departments
A reduction in the 2013/14 academic year training and development expenditure of my Department would be as follows:
|
2013/14 Spend |
Less 5% |
Less 7% |
Less 10% |
Less 12% |
Less 15% |
Less 17% |
Less 20% |
|
88,183 |
83,774 |
82,010 |
79,364 |
77,601 |
74,955 |
73,192 |
70,546 |
|
Saving |
4,409 |
6,173 |
8,819 |
10,582 |
13,228 |
14,991 |
17,637 |
