Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am merely concerned that the allocation for the area under this programme is historically low, which might mean Kilkenny and Carlow ETB is not receiving a fair portion of available funding.

I see that City of Dublin ETB received €1.45 million from SOLAS for the back to education initiative, which seems remarkably low given that Cork, for example, gets a much higher sum. Why is the allocation for Dublin city, with such a large population, so low? The figure is set out on page 70 of the SOLAS annual accounts. The level of activity under this programme appears low relative to the size of the population the board is serving and compared with Waterford and Wexford ETB, for instance, which receives €1.9 million.