Written answers
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Department of Education and Skills
Apprenticeship Programmes
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure on apprenticeship training and the number of apprentices in training, by employment sector, in each of the years 2006 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22180/16]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy was supplied by SOLAS and is set out in the following table.
Apprentice Population 2006 - 2010
Apprentice Population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRADE | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Construction | |||||
| Brick & Stonelaying | 1,865 | 1,635 | 1,062 | 534 | 202 |
| Cabinetmaking | 668 | 671 | 495 | 275 | 150 |
| Carpentry & Joinery | 6,967 | 6,815 | 5,036 | 2,925 | 1,745 |
| Floor & Wall Tiling | 114 | 125 | 91 | 41 | 21 |
| Painting & Decorating | 481 | 440 | 345 | 202 | 101 |
| Plastering | 948 | 874 | 633 | 340 | 175 |
| Plumbing | 4,730 | 4,842 | 3,679 | 2,237 | 1,396 |
| Wood Machining | 60 | 50 | 30 | 17 | 5 |
| Wood Manufacturing | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Sub Total | 15,833 | 15,452 | 11,371 | 6,571 | 3,808 |
| Electrical | |||||
| Aircraft Mechanics | 143 | 178 | 186 | 108 | 137 |
| Electrical | 7,457 | 7,880 | 6,610 | 4,504 | 3,059 |
| Electrical Instrumentation | 140 | 179 | 162 | 145 | 112 |
| Electrical Security Systems | - | 12 | 50 | 53 | 48 |
| Instrumentation | 46 | 56 | 48 | 37 | 19 |
| Refrigeration | 315 | 343 | 344 | 251 | 190 |
| Sub Total | 8,101 | 8,648 | 7,400 | 5,098 | 3,565 |
| Engineering | |||||
| Mechanical & Automation Maintenance Fitting | 629 | 639 | 624 | 510 | 421 |
| Farriery | - | - | 20 | 22 | 23 |
| Industrial Insulation | - | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Metal Fabrication | 662 | 667 | 659 | 471 | 370 |
| Sheet Metalworking | 192 | 168 | 171 | 123 | 71 |
| Toolmaking | 113 | 87 | 76 | 62 | 69 |
| Sub Total | 1,596 | 1,569 | 1,557 | 1,197 | 964 |
| Motor | |||||
| Agricultural Mechanics | 147 | 175 | 171 | 145 | 132 |
| Construction Plant Fitting | 327 | 330 | 280 | 202 | 163 |
| Heavy Vehicle Mechanics | 446 | 473 | 464 | 419 | 383 |
| Motor Mechanics | 1410 | 1,471 | 1,433 | 1,057 | 914 |
| Vehicle Body Repairs | 337 | 315 | 330 | 252 | 188 |
| Sub Total | 2,667 | 2,764 | 2,678 | 2,075 | 1,780 |
| Printing | |||||
| Bookbinding | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Origination | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Carton Making | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Printing | 40 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Print Media | - | 52 | 73 | 80 | 51 |
| Sub Total | 53 | 67 | 86 | 83 | 54 |
| Grand Total | 28,250 | 28,500 | 23,092 | 15,024 | 10,171 |
| €'000 | €'000 | €'000 | €'000 | €'000 | |
| Direct Costs | 113.0 | 129.0 | 126.8 | 93.9 | 68.4 |
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