Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2017
196. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 7 November 2017 to outline the way in which the cost of an apprentice per annum is calculated. [53099/17]
View answer197. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 7 November 2017 if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the cost of an apprentice per year is calculated. [53102/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together.
The 2018 budget allocation for apprenticeship training is €122 million which represents an increase of almost 24% on the 2017 allocation of €98.7 million. This will support an end of year population of over 16,000 craft-based apprentices at an average of €6,700 per apprentice and an end of year population of over 2,000 in new consortia-led apprentices at an average of €5,100 per apprentice. The average of these two figures is the figure given to the Deputy in Parliamentary Question 388 of 7 November.
