Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 July 2016
101. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the spend on apprenticeship training and the number of apprentices in training, by employment sector, in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20004/16]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.
It should be noted that the 2016 apprentice population is based on forecast figures.
Table 1
|
Year |
Cost €’000 * |
Apprentice Population |
|
2010 |
68.015 |
10,172 |
|
2011 |
43.353 |
8,327 |
|
2012 |
32.166 |
6,222 |
|
2013 |
27.942 |
5,711 |
|
2014 |
25.900 |
6,913 |
|
2015 |
34.800 |
8,317 |
|
2016 |
43.000 |
11,250 |
* Direct provision costs in ETB training centres plus training allowances at all off the job phases. Excludes certain salary and support costs and provision costs in Institutes of Technology
Table 2 – Active apprenticeship population by sector
|
Sectors |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
Construction |
3808 |
2761 |
1693 |
1197 |
1437 |
1735 |
2400 |
|
Electrical |
3566 |
2997 |
2167 |
2030 |
2552 |
3099 |
4200 |
|
Engineering |
964 |
943 |
893 |
1021 |
1233 |
1441 |
1800 |
|
Motor |
1780 |
1586 |
1443 |
1440 |
1668 |
2016 |
2600 |
|
Printing & Paper |
54 |
40 |
26 |
23 |
23 |
26 |
25 |
|
Total |
10172 |
8327 |
6222 |
5711 |
6913 |
8319 |
11025 |
