There are currently 32,688 approved Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) places available nationwide. Over 90% of PLC provision is delivered by ETBs with the remainder delivered by voluntary secondary and community and comprehensive schools.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. The enrolment data provided is for the 2012/2013 academic year as the enrolment data for the current academic year is not yet available. ETBs have been allocated the same number of PLC places as the corresponding VECs were allocated last year.
Education and Training Board
|
2013/14 Approved Places
|
2012/2013 Enrolment
|
Cavan and Monaghan ETB
|
1,642
|
1,857
|
City of Dublin ETB
|
7,778
|
8,320
|
Cork ETB
|
5,384
|
5,468
|
Donegal ETB
|
185
|
167
|
Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB
|
3,186
|
3,584
|
Galway and Roscommon ETB
|
1,483
|
1,873
|
Kerry ETB
|
624
|
732
|
Kildare and Wicklow ETB
|
1,397
|
1,544
|
Kilkenny and Carlow ETB
|
1,350
|
1,431
|
Laois and Offaly ETB
|
440
|
475
|
Limerick and Clare ETB
|
1,418
|
1,559
|
Longford and Westmeath ETB
|
515
|
455
|
Louth and Meath ETB
|
1,526
|
1,926
|
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB
|
1,106
|
1,496
|
Tipperary ETB
|
945
|
1,023
|
Waterford and Wexford ETB
|
1,773
|
1,838
|
|
30,752
|
33,748
|