Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a review of the Youthreach programme; and if so, if the Joint Committee on Education and Skills will be involved in this review. [36757/14]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, is responsible for planning, co-ordinating and funding Further Education and Training programmes. As part of the Further Education and Training Strategy 2014-2019, SOLAS will undertake a review of all further education and training programmes, including the Youthreach programme. My understanding is that this process will begin with a review of the Post Leaving Cert (PLC) Programme in 2015 and that the review of Youthreach will take place in the latter years of the Strategy period.