Written answers
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Department of Education and Skills
SOLAS Funding
Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes for which his Department provides funding to SOLAS in each year since its establishment; and the number of participants on each programme in each year. [19199/17]
John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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SOLAS was established in late 2013.
The table outlines the programmes for which my Department provided funding to SOLAS and the number of beneficiaries of these programme for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 as requested. Beneficiaries are defined as the number of people who were on programmes on 1 January in the year in question plus those who started programmes during that year.
Further Education and Training Beneficiaries 2014 2016
| Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Literacy | 65,140 | 68,542 | 75,650 |
| Community Education | 62,535 | 66,616 | 53,835 |
| VTOS | 8,590 | 9,285 | 8,235 |
| Youthreach | 6,102 | 10,047 | 8,542 |
| BTEI | 39,826 | 37,397 | 38,618 |
| PLC | 60,711 | 65,219 | 60,835 |
| Apprenticeship | 3,263 | 5,598 | 8,028 |
| Skills for Work | N/A | 3,155 | 2,958 |
| Blended Training | 294 | 535 | 482 |
| Bridging/Foundation | 2,633 | 2,231 | 1,281 |
| Community Training Centres | 3,851 | 2,646 | 3,167 |
| Local Training Initiatives | 5,147 | 4,071 | 4,292 |
| Specialist Training Providers | 3,889 | 3,124 | 3,687 |
| Specific Skills Training | 16,425 | 13,693 | 14,310 |
| On-line Learning (eCollege) (p/t) | 9,591 | 9,619 | 9,243 |
| Libraries Training | 709 | 364 | 317 |
| Evening Training | 13,569 | 17,228 | 14,688 |
| Voluntary Literacy Tuition | 0 | 3,141 | 2,160 |
| Justice Workshops | 218 | 290 | 311 |
| FET Co-operation Hours | 15,826 | 20,192 | 22,277 |
| Irish Deaf Society (f/t) | 210 | 196 | 365 |
| Cork Institute of Technology | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Traineeship | 4,842 | 4,079 | 4,151 |
| LMETF - MOMENTUM | 3,574 | 5,553 | 735 |
| TOTAL | 326,945 | 352,821 | 338,195 |
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