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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Ceisteanna (252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263)

Gerald Nash

Ceist:

252. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the Youthreach programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12514/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

253. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to Youthreach in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12515/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

254. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of supporting a place on the Youthreach programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12516/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

255. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age on training programmes in community training centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12517/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

256. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to community training centres in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12518/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

257. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of supporting a place on a training programme in a community training centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12519/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

258. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the VTOS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12520/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

259. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to the VTOS programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12521/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

260. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of supporting a place on the VTOS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12522/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

261. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age on SOLAS training programmes for the unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12523/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

262. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to SOLAS training programmes for the unemployed in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12524/20]

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Gerald Nash

Ceist:

263. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of supporting a place on the SOLAS training programme for the unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12525/20]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 263, inclusive, together.

Further Education and Training (FET) is primarily delivered or contracted by the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) under the funding and strategic direction of SOLAS, the further education and training authority. FET provision includes both labour market focused programmes and programmes with a strong social inclusion dimension.

SOLAS has a comprehensive planning and funding process in place through which the allocations to the 16 ETBs are determined. The annual planning process involves a focus on a range of factors, including emerging employment opportunities, skill shortages and vacancy trends in the local and national labour markets and the demographic and educational profile in each ETB area.

The information requested by the deputy is set out below.

Programmes

Funding allocation for 2020

Number of young persons under the age of 25**

(beneficiary***) in 2019.

Average Cost**** of supporting a place (beneficiary***) in 2019.

Training Programmes for the Unemployed*

€137,870,744

5,208

€6,628

VTOS

€66,573,520

1,066

€11,040

Youthreach

€67,743,193

6,637

€10,076

Community Training Centres

€31,465,315

2,937

€11,514

Notes:

* Training Programmes for the Unemployed: The programmes included here are programmes for the unemployed funded through NTF i.e., Specific Skills, Blended Learning, Traineeship Training, Employment and VTOS

** Number of young persons under the age of 25 are learners who were U25 years of age on date they started course

*** Beneficiary is used to describe the total number of individuals who will benefit from interventions provided through FET funding in a given year, irrespective of whether they are present at the start of the year or join a course during the year

**** Average Costs are based on Final Allocations in the 2019 Funding Process

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