Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 July 2015
73. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes provided for employees of his Department and the accompanying cost for the 2014-15 academic year from 1 September 2014 to the end of June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26795/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department of Finance continues to invest in staff development in order to supplement the skills and qualifications of our teams, through a combination of internal and external training, learning and development.
The Department strives to improve learning and development in order to develop greater professional, technical, management and leadership skills. Using the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS), the Department reviews our staff's performance and endeavours to identify any skills requiring enhancement to ensure our training resources meet our business objectives.
In striving to be 'the best we can be' the Department's Learning and Development Strategy 2014-2016 introduces the Department's model of learning which utilises the 70:20:10 approach. This emphasises that the majority of the learning undertaken is on the job learning/coaching and that only a small percentage of the learning comes from formalised courses or programmes (10%).
The Department has proceeded to invest in its people to increase the knowledge available which can be drawn upon for the benefit of the Department and ultimately the State. At the beginning of 2015, the Department was shortlisted and won an "Outstanding Achievement Award" in the category of Best Learning and Development Organisation Medium Sized Enterprises, at the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD) Awards.
In the following table you will see all courses and training interventions carried out by the Department from 1st September 2014 to 30th July 2015.
|
Course Name |
Cost |
|
Launching and Leveraging a Change Network Seminar |
€35.00 |
|
Learning Effectiveness in the Workplace Seminar |
€35.00 |
|
Tax Seminar |
€100.00 |
|
ADIT Course Fees |
€170.00 |
|
Time Management |
€175.00 |
|
MS Excel |
€200.00 |
|
CIPD Seminar |
€295.00 |
|
Influencing Skills |
€395.00 |
|
FOI Conference |
€399.75 |
|
Governance Training |
€405.00 |
|
French Course x 3 |
€540.00 |
|
Financial Markets Training |
€552.50 |
|
Mindfulness Lunch and Learn events |
€588.00 |
|
Media Skills Training |
€700.00 |
|
Corporate Tax Conference |
€750.00 |
|
State Aid Seminar |
€855.00 |
|
Irish Taxation Institute Seminar |
€937.00 |
|
Minute Taking Course |
€960.00 |
|
Certificate in Human Resource Management |
€1,210.00 |
|
ERA Seminar x 2 |
€1,299.60 |
|
Coaching Training x 7 |
€2,337.50 |
|
Customer Service Training |
€1,450.00 |
|
Diploma in Statistics |
€1,450.00 |
|
Professional Services Witholding Tax Course |
€1,540.00 |
|
Leading the HR Function |
€1,700.00 |
|
Neuro Linguistic Programming |
€1,900.00 |
|
AP Development Programme |
€2,000.00 |
|
Stakeholder Centred Coaching |
€1,909.55 |
|
Legislative Drafting |
€2,070.00 |
|
Irish x 3 |
€2,235.00 |
|
Meridian Programme in Leadership |
€2,250.00 |
|
MS Project Training x 2 |
€1,450.00 |
|
FOI Training x 4 |
€3,800.00 |
|
HEO/AO Development Programme x 2 |
€7,280.00 |
|
EU Negotiations |
€3,400.00 |
|
Capital Requirement Directive Training |
€4,000.00 |
|
Report Writing |
€4,300.00 |
|
Presentation skills x 3 |
€6,198.00 |
|
IMI Diploma in Compliance Management |
€9,950.00 |
|
Leadership Challenge |
€10,600.00 |
|
Diploma in Project Management |
€27,885.00 |
|
Diploma in Tax |
€16,856.00 |
|
CO Interview Board Training |
Free |
|
Disability Lunch and Learn talk |
Free |
|
Induction x 2 |
Free |
|
JD Edwards training |
Free |
|
Lunch and Learn Policy Perspectives x 4 |
Free |
|
Pre-Retirement Course |
Free |
|
Public Financial Procedures and Government Accounting |
Free |
|
Stress Management |
Free |
|
Women in Leadership Workshop |
Free |
|
Total spent on non-Refund of Fees Training |
€127,162.90 |
|
Refund of Fees: |
|
|
Advanced Diploma in international Tax (exams only) |
€218.00 |
|
Law Society Final Exams |
€140.00 |
|
ACCA |
€450.00 |
|
Diploma in Spanish |
€355.00 |
|
MSc in Economic Policy analysis |
€1,277.20 |
|
Accounting Technicians Ireland |
€1,310.00 |
|
Professional Diploma in Official Statistics for Policy Evaluation |
€1,450.00 |
|
Diploma in Investment Fund Services |
€1,605.00 |
|
BA(Ord) in Law |
€1,645.00 |
|
MSc in HR Management |
€1,750.00 |
|
Chartered Tax Advisor |
€1,863.50 |
|
Associate of the Irish chartered Tax Advisor Programme |
€1,963.50 |
|
AITI |
€1,963.50 |
|
Diploma in HRM |
€1,990.00 |
|
BA in Economics and Politics |
€2,439.50 |
|
AITI Chartered Tax Adviser Programme |
€2,448.00 |
|
Bachelor of Business Studies-HR |
€2,980.00 |
|
Bachelor of Business Studies |
€3,100.00 |
|
PHD in Economics |
€3,700.00 |
|
Diploma in International Financial services Law |
€4,000.00 |
|
Advanced Diploma in Legislative Drafting |
€4,500.00 |
|
MSc in Banking |
€4,640.00 |
|
Barrister at law |
€6,280.00 |
|
MBA |
€7,712.00 |
|
Master in Economic Science in Policy Analysis |
€7,900.00 |
|
Doctorate in Governance |
€8,000.00 |
|
Diploma in Leadership |
€9,450.00 |
|
MSc in Economic Policy Studies x 3 |
€30,054.00 |
|
Total cost on Refund of Fees Scheme |
€115,184.20 |
|
Total cost of all training/education courses, programmes, seminars and other interventions |
€242,347.10 |
