Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Department of Education and Skills
Youthreach Programme Funding
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of funding provided by her Department for the Youthreach programme per year from 2010 to date in 2014; and her views with respect to the Youthreach programme for 2015. [36756/14]
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The funding provided by my Department for the Youthreach programme in the years 2010 to 2013 was as follows:
| YEAR | FUNDING |
|---|---|
| 2010 | €71m |
| 2011 | €74m |
| 2012 | €71m |
| 2013 | €69.6m |
SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, has taken over the funding of all further education programmes with effect from 1 January 2014. I understand from SOLAS that funding of €69m has been allocated to the Youthreach programme in 2014 and the process of identifying the funding requirements for 2015 will commence shortly with the Education and Training Boards.
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