Departmental Staff Training

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 May 2018

Thursday, 3 May 2018

Ceisteanna (235)

Timmy Dooley

Ceist:

235. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on facilitating departmental members' attendance at social media training conferences or other external events. [19391/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

In relation to my Department I can confirm that the costs for the provision of social media training for each year from 2011 - 2018 are set out in the following table:

Year	Costs incurred by Department	Social Media Training Delivered	Number of Staff Attended	Social Media training conferences or other external events
2011	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2012	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2013	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2014	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2015	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2016	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2017	€950	Social Media for Business	2	Nil
2018	€495	Social Media for Business	1	Nil