I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together.
My Department does not have details of the number of unemployed persons with low or no qualifications or the number of adults with less than Level 4 or a Leaving Certificate qualification therefore it is not possible to provide a costing as requested by the Deputy.
The Intensive Tuition in Adult Basic Education (ITABE) programme is operated locally by Education and Training Boards and provides six hours of tuition per week instead of the two hours generally available through the mainstream adult literacy programme. Learners are offered a place on the programme by the Literacy service where this is deemed to be the most beneficial provision for them.
Over 3,800 people availed of this intensive tuition in 2015 at a cost of €1.7 million.