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Contents
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IITD National Training Awards
Dublin Airport
Authority wins
overall 2014
IITD National
Training Award
DublinAirportAuthorityhaswonthe
overallawardthisyear,presentedby
MinisterofStateforTrainingandSkills,
CiaránCannonTD,atKillasheeHouse
HotelonFriday7thMarch.Thejudges
chosethisorganisation“forstrong,
site-widelearningopportunitiesand
maintainingaconsistentlyhighstandard
intrainingandpeopledevelopment.”
Speakingattheawardsdinner,Minister DublinAirportAuthoritywinsoverallIITDNationalTrainingAward2014;l-r:MichelleTreanor,MickByrne,Laura
ofStateforTrainingandSkills,Ciarán LawlessandSineadGaynor,DAA’sHROrganisationalCapabilityTeamwiththe2014IITDNationalTrainingAward.
Awardswerepresentedforexcellenceintrainingandpeopledevelopmentin15categoriesbyMinisterforTraining
CannonTD,said:“Quality,innovation
&SkillsCiaránCannonTD,atagaladinnerinKillasheeHouseHotelonFriday7thMarch
andexcellenceinpeopledevelopment
empowersindividualsandorganisations,
givesopportunityandbuildsatalented
IITD President’s message
workforcethatcancompeteglobally.
Whenweaskthosethatchoosetolocate
inIrelandwhytheycomehere,they
It’sbeenabusyfirstquarterof2014for achievements.Pleasefeelfreetoshare
consistentlysayit’sbecauseofour
theInstitutefollowingthefantastic emailnoticesandupdateswith
exceptionalandtalentedpeople...I
launchofournewwebsiteandevents colleagues–ourgoalistosupportyou
congratulateyou,recogniseyourachieve-
formembersinearlyDecember. withknowledge,bestpracticeand
mentandwishyoucontinuedsuccess.”
learningandnetworkingopportunities.
Over250peopleattendedProfessor Togetherwearemakingtheprofession
JamesO’Neill,PresidentofIITDupdated
300+guestsonnewservicesandresources TomGaravan’stalkonImproving stronger.
formembersoftheInstituteandsaid: OrganisationalPerformancethrough
“youareleadingthewayintrainingand Peopleandagreatdiscussionfollowed Aswe’vejusthadourshow-caseevent
peopledevelopment;togetherweare ontalentmanagementandretention oftheyear,the2014IITDNational
gettingIrelandmovingagain.” (ifyoumissedit,youcandownloadthe TrainingAwardsatKillasheeHouse
presentationslidesfromIITD’swebsite, Hotelwithover300membersand
Nowintheir16thyear,theIITDNational www.iitd.ie). friends,IcongratulateDublinAirport
TrainingAwardsareestablishedasthe Authorityontakingtheoverallaward
premierawardinIrelandfortrainingand WepartneredwiththeLayaSummitin thisyearandallorganisationsthatwere
peopledevelopment.Entriesarejudgedon earlyJanuary,whichhadfantasticfeed- shortlistedandcategorywinners.You
criteriaincludingthelevelofresourcesand backandsincethenwe’vehadLidl areblazingatrailinlearningandpeople
investmentrelativetothesizeofthe presentaspartofourIndustryExpert development-keepupthegoodwork!
organisation;innovationinthedeliveryof seriesandDeclanCoyleintheGuruseries.
T&D;evidenceofthesustainabilityof ThisisallpartofIITD’sproactive,practical I’mkeepingmymessageshorterthan
learninginitiatives,programmedesignand programmeofeventsformembersin usualtobringyouaflavourofthegreat
evaluationofoutcomesfromT&Dactivity. people,learninganddevelopmentroles nightviaaselectionofphotosinthe
inallsectors. pagesahead!
ThePearseWalshawardforInnovationin
theTransferofLearningwasalsopresented It’sgreattomeetyouattheseevents JamesO’Neill
toCalorGasbyHarvestResources. andhearaboutyourconcernsandyour IITDPresident
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IITDNationalTrainingAwards
2014Winners
OverallWinner:
DublinAirportAuthority
CategoryWinners:
MicroEnterprises:
BidManagementServices
SmallEnterprises:
AgeActionIreland
MediumEnterprisesManufacturing:
DuluxPaintsIreland
MediumEnterprisesAllSectors:
AcquiredBrainInjuryIreland
LargeEnterprises-FinancialServices:
StateStreetGlobalServices
LargeEnterprises-CustomerServices:
DublinAirportAuthority(DAA)
LargeEnterprises-Retail&Sales:
GraftonMerchantingROI
LargeEnterprises-Manufacturing:
LakeRegionMedicalLtd
LargeEnterprises-OtherServices:
Teagasc
CalorgaswerewinnersofthethePearseWalshe2014AwardforInnovationintheTransferofLearning IndependentTrainingConsultancy:
Pictured(l-r)fromCalorGas,JulieLowry;Anne-MarieMurphy;CatrionaO’Toole;JamesO’Neill(IITD);
HelixHealth
RichardAlexander;CarolineCorrandAndrewSands.
Networks&Groups:
FirstPolymerTrainingSkillnet
ExcellenceinCoachingsponsoredby
AssociationforCoachingIreland:
Co-operationandWorkTogether–CAWT
MostInnovativeUseofTechnology:
StateStreet GlobalServices
IndividualRecognition:
CiaranConnolly,Abbott
BestWorkplaceProgramme-
Graduate&NonGraduate:
KPMG
PearseWalshAward,sponsoredbyHarvest:
CalorGas
Shortlistedorganisations
AbbottIreland,Abbvie,BankofIreland,BelfastHealth
&SocialCareTrust,BiznetcorkSkillnet,BoseIreland,
CalorGas,CommissionforCommunications
Regulation(ComReg),Dairygold,DellInc.,DerryCity
Council&AurionLearning,ElectronicArts,Fingal
CountyCouncil,FITLtd,HealthServiceExecutive,HR,
Leadership,Education&Development,Hothouse
Programmes,HSELanD&AurionLearning,Hyperion
Ltd,ICSSkills,InnovationEnterpriseNetwork,Irish
LeagueofCreditUnion,LawSocietyofIrelandDiploma
Centre,Learningzone(BankofIreland&
Accenture),LibertiesPress,LidlIrelandGmbH,
LogicearthLearningServices,MSDCarlow,Oracle
Thecross-borderteamfromCAWT(Co-operationandWorkTogether)werethewinnersoftheExcellencein
Corporation,ParadigmLearningEurope,PayPalEurope
Coachingcategory.(l-r)JamesO’NeillIITDPresident;RosariiMannion,HSEDNE;CiaranCannon,TD,Ministerof
StateforTrainingandSkillsandEilishMcKeownHSEDNE. PMGroup,QuickstepConsulting,RCIIrelandCall
Centre,RolePlayersforTraining,SouthWestern
BusinessProcessOutsourcingLtd,TourismIreland.
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IITDNationalTrainingAwards
2014Winners
Pictured(l-r)PeterBrennan,BidManagement;Ciaran Pictured(l-r)PatPower,AgeActionIreland;Ciaran Pictured(l-r)CiaranCannonTD,MinisterofStatefor
CannonTD,MinisterofStateforTrainingandSkills; CannonTD,MinisterofStateforTrainingandSkills; TrainingandSkills;EileenForde,DuluxPaintsand
JoanneGIllen,BidManagementandJamesO'Neill, PaulinePower,AgeActionIreland,andJamesO'Neill, JamesO'Neill,IITDPresident.DuluxPaintswere
IITDPresident.BidManagementwerewinnersinthe IITDPresident.AgeActionIrelandwerewinnersinthe winnersintheMediumEnterpriseManufacturing
MicroEnterprisesCategory. SmallEnterprisesCategory. category.
Pictured(l-r)CiaránCannonTD,MinisterforTraining Pictured(l-r)CiaranCannonTD,MinisterforTraining Pictured(l-r)CiaranCannonTD,MinisterforTraining
andSkills;JoanO'DwyerandCarolRoganboth andSkills;FongHayes;GarrettMcGrane&Gerry andSkills;AlexFisher;SarahJudge&SineadMcShane,
AquiredBrainInjuryIrelandandJamesO'Neill,IITD Fitzaimons,allGraftonMechantingandJamesO'Neill, allStateStreetGlobalServicesandJamesO'Neill,IITD
President.AquiredBrainInjuryIrelandwerewinnersin IITDPresident.GraftonMechantingwerewinnersin President.StateStreetGlobalServiceswerewinnersin
theMediumEnterprises-AllSectorscategory. theLargeEnterprises-Retail&Salescategory. theLargeEnterprises-FinancialServicescategory.
Pictured(l-r)CiaranCannonTD,MinisterforTraining JamesO'Neill,IITDPresident;NoelHennessy,Inga Pictured(l-r)JamesO'Neill,IITDPresident;Simone
andSkills;MickByrne;DenisSmyth;SineadGaynor; Levickyte,PaulaO’Brien,ElizaGruska,LouiseDeane, Frewen&CatherineMcCagueofTeagascandCiaran
LauraLawless;MichelleTreanor;NiamhFlood(allDAA) MaryKiely,KatrinaO’Keeffe,NiallHarris,allLake CannonTD,MinisterforTrainingandSkills.Teagasc
werewinnersintheLargeEnterprises-
andJamesO'Neill,IITDPresident.DublinAirport RegionMedicalandCiaranCannonTD,Ministerfor
CrossSectoralcategory.
AuthoritywerewinnersintheLargeEnterprises- TrainingandSkills.LakeRegionMedicalwerewinners
CustomerServicescategory. intheLargeEnterprises-Manufacturingcategory.
HelixHealthwontheIndependentTraining Pictured(l-r)JamesO'Neill,IITDPresident;Elaine FirstPolymerTrainingSkillnetwontheNetworksand
Consultancycategory,(l-r),JamesO'Neill,IITD McGlennon;CherylThucler;SineadKennedyallKPMG Groupscategory,(l-r),JamesO'Neill,IITDPresident;
President;AmyLewis;JeanetteKellyandCiaranCan- andCiaranCannonTD,MinisterforTrainingandSkills. KatherineCollins;EdelGaravanandCiaranCannonTD,
MinisterofStateforTrainingandSkills.
nonTD,MinisterofStateforTrainingandSkills. KPMGwerewinnersintheBestWorkplaceTraining
Programmecategory.
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IITDNationalTrainingAwards
2014Winners
Pictured(l-r):HannahFarrelly,Learning&Development Pictured(l-r)JamesO'Neill,PresidentIITD,MichelleTreanor,LauraLawless,NiamhFlood,SineadGaynor,MickByrne,
ManagerAbbottCootehill;AlanMagovern,SiteDirector, FaithO'Driscoll,EmmaKelly,BrianDrain,DenisSmythandCiaranCannon,TD,MinisterofStateforTrainingandSkills.
AbbottCootehill;CiaranConnolly,Engineering DublinAirportAuthorityweretheoverallwinnersattheIITDAwards.
CalibrationCoordinator,AbbottCootehill;and
BrendanLynch,Engineering&EHSManager,
AbbottCootehill.
Pictured(l-r)CiaranCannon,TD,MinisterofStatefor Pictured(l-r)AlanFarrelandOrlaghMoorefrom Pictured(l-r)FlaviaNmakwe,IITD,AdrianBeatty,
TrainingandSkills;EoinCostello,DITHotHouse QuickstepConsultingwithanOutstanding Dairygold,withanOutstandingAchievementinthe
ProgrammesandSineadHeneghan,CEO,IITD. AchievementforIndependentTrainingConsultancy. LargeEnterprises-Manufacturingcategoryand
SineadHeneghan,CEOIITD.
Pictured(l-r)BrendanDoyle,BOSE;PascalRoche,BOSE Pictured(l-r)MaryCleary,DeputyCEO,ICSSkills;James Pictured(l-r)ColmMacgiollara,ParadigmLearning
andSineadHeneghan,CEO,IITD.BOSEIrelandwere O'Neill,IITDPresidentandDrMichaelO'Connor, Europe;JamesO'Neill,IITDPresidentandRoryColl,
awardedanOutstandingAchievementintheMedium Chairman,ICSSkills.ICSSKillswereawardedan ParadigmLearningEurope.ParadigmLearningEurope
wereawardedanOutstandingAchievementinthe
Enterprises-Manufacturingcategory. OutstandingAchievementintheNetworksand
IndependentTrainingcategory.
Groupscategory.
Pictured(l-r)JamesO'Neill,IITDPresident;Anne ElectronicArtswereawardedanOutstanding Pictured(l-r)AnneForsytheSHSCT;GrattanDonnelly,
Forsythe,SouthernHealthandSocialCareTrust; AchievementintheMostInnovativeuseof CoachingAssociationIreland;NiamhShiells,Coaching
SiobhanPatten,HSEWest;EilishMcKeownHSEDNE; Technologycategory,were(l-r),ConorGalvin; AssociationIreland;EilishMcKeownHSEDNE;James
O’NeillIITDPresident;JohannaFullerton,Coaching
CiaranCannonTD,MinisterforTrainingandSkills;Edel ChristopherDoherty;JamesO'Neill,IITDPresident
AssociationIrelandandNiallHogan,Coaching
O’Doherty,CAWT;UrsulaDoherty,WesternHealthand andLouiseButler. AssociationIreland.Thecross-borderteamfromCAWT
SocialCareTrust;MarianneWalsh,WesternHealth (Co-operationandWorkTogether)werethewinnersof
andSocialCareTrust;PaulineDunlop,CAWTand 7 theExcellenceinCoachingcategory.
GrattanDonnelly,CoachingAssociation
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IITD Connects -
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Institutemembersfromallsectors
attendedtheIITDConnectsseminarin
earlyDecemberwhichsawthelaunchof
www.iitd.ie,theInstitute’snewwebsite
aswellasacomprehensivecalendarof
neweventsandlearningopportunities
formembers.
ProfessorThomasGaravanpresented
latestresearchonTalentManagement
whileSineadGaynorofDublinAirport
Authoritypresentedacasestudy
ManagingTalenttoDrivegrowthinDAA-
bothpresentations’slidesareavailable
onwww.iitd.ie).
RichardCotterofAllianzandMaryCollins,
Deloitte,joinedthetwospeakersfora AttheIITDConnectsseminarinDublininDecemberwereProfessorTomGaravan;CiaranCanonTD,MinisterforTraining
&Skills,SineadHeneghan,CEO,IrishInstituteofTraining&DevelopmentandSineadGaynor,DublinAirportAuthority
livelypaneldiscussiononthetopicwith
manyoftheover240strongaudience
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News
Review recommends Seven new training UK cuts funding
more apprenticeships networks for skills
TheMinisterforEducation&Skills,Ruairí Skillnets-theenterprisetrainingand TheUKgovernmenthasannouncedplans
QuinnTD,haspublishedacomprehensive upskillingbody-reportedabusyand tocut£463millionfromtheadultskills
reviewofthesystemofapprenticeships. challengingyearfor2013.Skillnetshas budget,forcingcollegestomake“difficult
Thereviewwasundertakenbyaninde- developedsevennewtrainingnetworks decisions”aboutcuttingjobsandcourses
pendentgroupchairedbyKevinDuffy, anditisbeingtaskedbytheMinisterfor accordingtofurthereducationexperts.
chairpersonoftheLabourCourt. Finance,MichaelNoonanTD,todelivera Theoverallskillsbudgetincreasesby£56
Amongtherecommendationsofthe newprogramme“BuildingFinancial millionfor2014-15,beforefallingby£271
groupareanexpansionofapprentice- Capability”fortheSMEsector. millionthefollowingyearto£3.87billion.
shipstonewbusinessandindustrialsec- Whilemanypartsofthebudgetwillseea
tors.Theroleofemployersinsuchan AlanNuzum,CEOofSkillnetssaidthey slightincreasefor2014-15,theadultskills
expansioniskey,accordingtothereview, weredelightedtowelcomethenew budgetwillbehardesthit.Itfacesmajor
andtheyshouldidentifytheoccupations networkstoadvancetheircommitment cutsfortwoconsecutiveyears,equating
whichwouldbesuitablefornewappren- todealingwiththejobschallengeby toa19%(£463million)dropinfundingby
tices. investinginarangeofnewsectors.This 2015-16tojustover£2billion.
includesmanufacturing/engineering,
AnApprenticeshipCouncilshouldalsobe media,motorindustry,gamingand “Thatisasizeablecut;itwillhaveareal
establishedandemployersshouldpay leisure,languagesandinternational impact,”saidJulianGravatt,assistant
apprenticesinthenewareasforbothon tradeservices. chiefexecutiveoftheUKAssociationof
thejobandoffthejobperiods.With Colleges.“Itwillmeantherewillbefewer
regardtoexistingapprenticeships,the “TheannouncementintheOctober unemployedpeoplegoingoncourses.”
ReviewGroup,recommendedthat budgetofanewstatesubsidisedtraining Itisunderstoodthattoughdecisionsare
programmesshouldbecontinuedand initiative-aimedatenhancingtheskillof inevitableandthereisarealdangerthat,
adaptedovertime,withissuessuchas SMEsinputtingtogethermorerobust withinstitutionalbudgetsunderpressure,
durationandthelevelofqualifications creditapplicationstolenders-is themostdisadvantagedadultswillbe
beingdecidedonatradebytradebasis. welcome.”hesaid. squeezedout.
Thecurriculumfortradesshouldbe Over3,000peopleparticipatedin
examinedandupdatedasamatterof Skillnets’Job-seekersSupportProgramme
urgencyand,wherefeasible,common (JSSP),in2013whenmanyofthecourses
modulesacrossapprenticeshipsshould deliveredaddressedICT,sales&marketing,
beprovided. Otherskillssuchasliteracy, communications,financialservicesand
numeracy,maths,scienceandICTshould technicalskillsrequirements.Industry
beintegratedintocourses. feedbackindicatesthattheprofileofskills
trainingofferedin2014willbesimilar.ICT,
MinisterQuinnsaid:“Apprenticeshipsare ServicesandHealthcarewerefoundtobe
essentialforthefutureeconomy.They thetopthreesectorsprovidingemploy-
shouldbeseenasapartnershipbetween mentin2013. Since2012,Healthcarehas
educationandenterprise.Inorderto replacedtheFood&Beveragesector
produceanapprenticeshipsystemfitfor withinthistopthree.”
the21stcentury,weneedtohavethe
businesscommunityonboard." Thenumberoftraineessecuringfull-time
workincreasedsignificantlyby14percent
during2013whilsttherewasa6percent
decreaseinthenumberoftrainees
securingpart-timeemployment.Itis
understoodmorepeoplearesecuringfull
timepositionsasaresultofSkillnets
Job-seekersSupportProgramme(JSSP).
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