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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 June 2021

Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Questions (158)

Richard Bruton

Question:

158. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons with disabilities that are currently availing of the training support grants. [32505/21]

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The Training Support Grant, available through my Department, is designed to support quick access to short-term training where the training is not delivered by a State provider.

As part of the July Stimulus the funding available through this grant was doubled from €500 to €1,000. There is a provision of €11.3m for this support in 2021 to assist with the training needs of up to 12,000 individuals.

The grant assisted approximately 3,000 jobseekers with short-term training needs in 2020. Statistics are not maintained on the number of individuals with disabilities assisted under this grant.

Also announced in Budget 2020 was the extension of the facility of the Training Support Grant through Employability Service contractors. The administrative measures to support this extension are being put in place and it is expected to be operational shortly.

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