Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Education
Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided by Ireland to the EU's Erasmus programme, from 2014 to date, in tabular form; the amount of funding Ireland has received from the programme during the corresponding period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21670/24]
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
My Department acts as the National Authority for the Erasmus Programme. The Erasmus Programme is administered by two national agencies - Léargas and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) which draw down their funding directly from the European Commission.
The tables below set out the requested data in tabular form from the two aegis bodies Léargas and the HEA. Please note, the data from 2019 is preliminary and will be subject to change due to the calls being open and therefore data validation is not yet finalised.
Higher Education Authority
The HEA do not have a record of any national funding received from 2014-2020.
The breakdown for the last three years is as follows:
| Year | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | €147,565 | |
| 2022 | €4,952,435 | €3,352,435 BAR / €1,600,000 Ukraine |
| 2023 | €6,075,000 | €3,500,000 BAR / €2,575,000 Ukraine |
| Budget allocated by European Commission | Net value of signed agreements | Grant Amount Realised | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | € 7,833,164.00 | € 7,684,832.99 | € 6,763,451.06 | |
2015 | € 9,156,276.00 | € 8,485,471.31 | € 7,628,054.50 | |
2016 | € 9,323,614.00 | € 9,177,711.44 | € 8,247,491.54 | |
2017 | € 10,861,560.20 | € 10,478,665.00 | € 9,433,089.37 | |
2018 | € 13,177,195.00 | € 11,808,419.32 | € 9,584,377.82 | |
2019 | € 14,883,009.00 | € 13,233,031.70 | - | Not yet finalised |
2020 | € 16,318,553.00 | € 16,555,868.50 | - | Not yet finalised |
2021 | € 11,808,566.00 | € 11,931,040.45 | - | Not yet finalised |
2022 | € 18,310,757.00 | € 22,431,827.01 | - | Not yet finalised |
2023 | € 19,865,646.00 | € 25,022,619.05 | - | Not yet finalised |
| € 131,538,340.20 | € 136,809,486.77 | € 41,656,464.29 |
Léargas has not been, and is not currently, in receipt of any additional government funding to support Erasmus+ Programme grants.
Budget allocated by European Commission to Leargas
| Call Year | Grant Amount allocated by European Commission | Net value of signed grant agreements | Grant Amount Realised | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | € 10,128,731.00 | € 9,279,167.51 | € 8,609,421.35 | |
| 2015 | € 10,736,824.00 | € 10,584,987.81 | € 9,995,974.91 | |
| 2016 | € 10,653,274.00 | € 10,376,666.81 | € 9,507,551.11 | |
| 2017 | € 13,585,609.00 | € 13,174,109.76 | € 11,886,203.66 | |
| 2018 | € 16,375,966.00 | € 16,097,192.23 | € 14,291,934.51 | |
| 2019 | € 17,711,865.00 | € 15,920,728.69 | € 12,016,331.28 | |
| 2020 | € 21,750,636.00 | € 19,650,760.50 | € 14,636,512.70 | Grant amount realised will change as this call year is still ongoing until 31/12/2024. |
| 2021 | € 21,091,037.00 | € 13,569,307.61 | € - | Call still open |
| 2022 | € 24,056,970.00 | € 17,201,804.45 | € - | Call still open |
| 2023 | € 26,314,621.00 | € 25,758,884.80 | € - | Call still open |
| € 172,405,533.00 | € 151,613,610.17 | € 80,943,929.52 |
No comments