Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of years Ireland will benefit from the youth employment initiative. [16901/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Ireland's allocation under the Youth Employment Initiative covers the years 2014 and 2015. However, under terms of the EU Regulations (Article 136 of 1303/2013), Ireland has an additional three years beyond 2015 to spend the full allocation, should we need it.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Ireland's allocation from the EU's youth employment initiative. [16923/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Ireland's allocation under the Youth Employment Initiative is €68.145m. , which will be matched by €68.145m from the European Social Fund and this requires to be matched by another €68.145m from the Exchequer.