My Department is committed to promoting a culture of continuous learning and professional development with a view to enhancing organisational and individual capability. The Department invests in a range of courses and programmes designed to address any gaps in knowledge and expertise. Staff also attend conferences and seminars to ensure that they are keeping up to date with recent developments and improvements related to their specific areas such as European policy, IT, and human resources.
The table details the cost per annum of the delivery of learning and development interventions, including the spend for staff attending courses and seminars on an individual basis, from 2012 to date.
The list of course providers over the requested period is extensive. The attached list details the main providers for the period in question. The courses provided cover a wide range of areas including communication skills, people management, leadership, change management, as well as technical skills such as IT, inspection, audit, accounting, and legal skills.
Breakdown of Expenditure from 2012 to October 2017
Year
|
Training Courses (this includes cost of all courses delivered specifically for DJE staff and the cost of attendance on outside courses attended by staff)
|
Seminars and Conferences
|
Total
|
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
2012
|
179,744.00
|
13,456.00
|
193,200.00
|
2013
|
58,217.00
|
13,183.00
|
71,400.00
|
2014
|
60,230.00
|
17,191.00
|
77,421.00
|
2015
|
114,588.00
|
16,289.00
|
130,877.00
|
2016
|
254,592.00
|
38,343.00
|
292,935.00
|
2017 - to Oct
|
390,530.00
|
29,043.00
|
419,573.00
|
List of main Training Providers from 2012 to Sept 2017
ACCA
Accounting Technicians Ireland
Adaptas Training
Alliance Francaise
All-One Corporate Solutions Ltd
Arcline Ltd
Ashville Media Group Ltd
Beacon Training
Bluewave Technology Limited
Byrne Wallace Law Firm
Carr Communications Ltd
CENAD sprl
Chartered Accountants Ireland,
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors Ireland
Chris Mee Group
CIPD Ireland
Common Purpose Limited
DCM Learning
DeafHear.ie
Deloitte
Department of Finance
Department of Public Expenditure & Reform
DMS Personnel Consultants (Ireland) Ltd
ERA Academy of European Law
Ernst & Young
Europaische Rechtsakademie
European Academy for Taxes, Economics and Law
European Institute of Communications
European Institute of Public Administration
Evolution, Human Resource & Management Consultancy
Fitzwilliam Institute Group
Gaelchultur
GovNet Communications
HazChem Training Limited
Hibernian Training Courses
IACT
ICS Skills
IIA Training Ltd
Institute of Bankers
Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland
Institute of International & European Affairs
Institute of Public Administration
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
IPASS
Irish Centre for European Law
Irish Quality Centre
Irish Times Training (Irish Times Ltd, Itronics Ltd)
La Touche Training
Law Society of Ireland
Leaders UK and Ireland Ltd (Young Programme Events Ltd)
Legal-Island Ltd
Mazars
Mediator's Institute of Ireland
New Horizons Ireland
Olas
Optima Training & Consulting Ltd.,
PDP Training
Perpetual Solutions
Pitman Training
Presidion ( Formally SPSS Ireland)
Professional Development Ireland Ltd
Public Affairs Ireland
Riskom International Pty Ltd
Rothwell Performance Consulting
Seneca Healthcare Solutions CiC
Seven Psychology at Work
Shannon Consulting
Sureskills Ltd
The Communications Clinic Ltd
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Ltd.
The Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
The Honorable Society of King's Inns
The Sandford Language Institute
Tiger Consulting
Trigraph Professional Training
Trinity College Dublin
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
UCD Adult Education Centre