Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide figures on the annual cost of the Springboard Initiative. [30327/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Springboard which was introduced in 2011, is a specific initiative that strategically targets funding of free higher education courses in areas where there are real, identified labour market skills shortages or employment opportunities.

The annual cost of Springboard since 2011 is as follows:

2011 - €8.7m

2012 - €10.1m

2013 - €18.3m

2014 - €23.6m