Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
823. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total public funding received by private colleges under vote 45 previously 26 and the National Training Fund in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41726/21]
View answerThere are a number of initiatives administered through competitive call processes by the HEA on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science funded through the National Training Fund where not for profit/private institutions are eligible to apply. These are Springboard+, which has been running on an annual basis since 2011, the Human Capital Initiative Pillar 1 which commenced in 2020 and the July Stimulus Modular and part and full time taught postgraduate places programme in 2020.
The tables and text attached, as provided by the HEA, outline the funding associated for the delivery of free and subsidised places under these initiatives in addition to Apprenticeship funding.
Separately my Department provides funding to institutions outside the remit of the HEA. Funding provided in the period 2011 to 2020 is outlined in the attached table.
