Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2019
163. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided to the higher education sector in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the projected funding allocated for 2020; the amount of the additional funding allocated funded by employers via increases in the national training fund levy; and the amount funded directly by the Exchequer. [47239/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe following table sets out details of current expenditure from the Department of Education and Skills Vote (Programme C) and Higher Education funding form the National Training Fund in the years 2015 to 2020. All items not marked as NTF are exchequer funded.
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
|
Outturn |
Outturn |
Outturn |
Provisional Outturn |
Revised Estimate |
Provisional Estimate |
|
|
Expenditure allocation (Current) |
€'000 |
€'000 |
€'000 |
€'000 |
€'000 |
€'000 |
|
Programme C - Higher Education (Current) |
1,484,165 |
1,498,187 |
1,549,335 |
1,572,304 |
1,570,586 |
1,588,866 |
|
HE labour market focussed provision funded (NTF) |
435 |
5,598 |
37,000 |
120,100 |
148,352 |
|
|
Springboard / ICT skills (NTF) |
27,438 |
27,818 |
26,753 |
30,170 |
34,438 |
34,438 |
|
HE apprenticeships (NTF) |
4,286 |
32,000 |
37,000 |
44,000 |
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|
Human Capital Initiative (NTF) |
60,000 |
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|
Total current |
1,511,603 |
1,526,440 |
1,580,374 |
1,671,474 |
1,762,124 |
1,875,656 |
