1. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS REQUEST AND REPORTING SYSTEM
FARR
FUNDING ALLOCATIONS REQUEST AND REPORTING
SYSTEM
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

2. FARR: Funding Allocations Request and Reporting
What is FARR
Overview of how it works
FARR User Roles
Programmes in FARR
Using data in the system
FARR Reporting
System Demo
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

3. FARR – WHAT IS IT
FARR is a web application linked to a database capturing quantitative data in a questionnaire format relating to programmes and courses to support the Funding Allocations Request:
Inputs - estimated number of:
Learners already enrolled/started 1st January and learners commencing during 2015.
Outputs - estimated number of:
Course completers (complete; a full or partial course)
Early leavers (that leave the course prematurely)
Course completers certification – Major, Component or other certification.
Outcomes - estimated number of:
Course completers progression and employment outcomes.
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

4. FARR Open/Edit Periods
Open/edit periods i.e. the system is open for data entry and editing – 4 periods
Planning period
Reporting for January to May period (June)
Reporting for June to September period (October)
Reporting for October to December period (January 2016)
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

5. Quantitative Data Captured at various levels
ETB (Provider)
Programme
Location/College/Centre
PLC
Course/Group
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

6. User Roles in FARR
Role
Enter
Edit
View
Management
All data for own ETB, not at location (centre) level
All data for own ETB, including for all locations (centres) within their ETB
All data for all locations (centres) within their ETB
ETB Central Inputter
Data for all locations (centres) in their ETB
Only data they entered themselves
Local Inputter
Data specific to location (centre) assigned to their account
All data for their location (centre), regardless of inputter
FARR/UAM Admin
Create users and assign roles within own ETB/Centre(s)
With the exception of the FARR /UAM Admin role, only one role can be assigned to a user within an ETB. A local inputter can be assigned to more than one specific location account.
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

7. Programmes in FARR PLC Youthreach Specific Skills Training ITABE
VTOS Core
Community Training Centres
Apprenticeship Training
Bridging & Foundation Training
BTEI Groups
Justice Workshops
FET Co-operation Hours
Evening Training
ESOL
Community Education +
(Arts Education)
Local Training Initiative
Libraries Training
Voluntary Literacy Tuition
Traineeships Training
Specialist Training Providers
Refugee Resettlement
Adult Literacy Groups
Blended Training
Skills for Work
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

8. PLC FARR Data will be Used to Generate Data for Four Existing Processes
Data Required for the Statutory Instrument List of Providers Approved
Data Requirements for SUSI
Course Approval and Allocation of Places
Summary List Data for P-POD (teacher allocation)
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

9. Data in the System In FARR
All PLC Colleges approved (AY) are listed as Providers /Centres in the System (circa 170)
All PLC courses approved for are assigned to each Provider (course title)
All PLC courses approved for academic year are listed as a generic list (circa 1,000)
Generic Course Lists for: BTEI, VTOS Core, Adult Literacy Groups, FET Cooperation Hours, Community Education & Voluntary Literacy Tuition
Course Lists for Training Programmes (except Community Training Centres)
List of QQI Targeted Awards (circa 150)
List of Non-QQI Awards (circa 750)
Location/centre Accounts for each ETB
Career Cluster List
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

10. Using the System
Course details; the system allows for auto population of course titles from existing lists.
Course titles not on existing lists can be added by keying in the data.
Award details can be added using the auto population feature from existing lists.
Award details not on existing lists can be added through the Add Award function..
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

11. Using the System Search facility in the system includes:
For courses within a programme
For awards already in the system and awards added by the user.
Data entered (except course title) can be edited by the system users.
The system generates a range of reports that can be viewed in PDF, exported as a CSV file or Excel file.
SOLAS manages the open/edit periods.
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

12. FARR: Reporting Tool
FARR – captures quantitative data to support the ‘Funding Allocations Request’ (estimated data)
FARR – functionality also includes a reporting feature for actual data. Three reporting periods for each calendar/fiscal year:
FARR facilitates the submission of reporting data on the same basis it was submitted as part the ‘Funding Allocations Request’
FARR reporting feature will be opened at specific periods to entry/editing of report data.
Reporting Period
January to May
June to September
October to December
Report submitted
June
October
January
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit

13. FARR SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION
Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Planning Unit