Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 June 2016
128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown by county of the amount of money provided for the purposes of upskilling young persons between 18 and 24 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/16]
View answer129. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the amount of funding allocated by his Department in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date to each education and training board, for the purposes of providing training programmes to young persons between 18 and 24 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17720/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together.
The data requested on funding by county for the 18 to 24 year age cohort is not available.
My Department provides funding, through SOLAS, for a range of Further Education and Training programmes which includes courses for this age cohort. In 2016, SOLAS will provide funding of €580 million delivering programmes to approximately 340,000 beneficiaries.
Further Education and Training programmes available to 18 to 24 year olds includes Youthreach, Community Training Workshops, Apprenticeships, Momentum, Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme and Post Leaving Certificate.
