Apprenticeship Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 November 2017

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Ceisteanna (96)

Niall Collins

Ceist:

96. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the targeted apprentice registrations forecasted for all craft-based apprenticeships and registrations planned under new consortia led apprenticeship programmes; the apprenticeship population forecasted between craft-based and new consortia led apprenticeships; the number of existing and new apprenticeship programmes forecasted in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and the actual numbers released, apprenticeship registrations and new programmes operationalised for these targets in 2016 and to date in 2017. [47582/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

The information requested by the deputy is set out in the following table:

-	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Projected Number of Craft Apprenticeships	27	27	27	27	27
Forecast Registration for Craft Apprenticeships	3,390	4,147	4,697	5,087	5,587
Projected Number of New Consortia Apprenticeships	2	15	25	35	40
Forecast Registrations for New Consortia Apprenticeships	82	800	1,500	2,297	3,413
Total Target Registrations	3,472	4,947	6,197	7,384	9,000
Forecast Population Craft Apprenticeships	11,025	13,582	16,243	18,956	21,729
Forecast Population New Consortia Apprenticeships	82	882	2,370	3,994	6,069
Total Forecast Population	11,107	14,464	18,613	22,950	27,798