Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 11 May 2017, the seven activities originally selected for youth employment initiative, YEI, funding; the individual allocations for these activities over 2014-15; the amount of these funds that has been expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23825/17]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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The seven activities originally selected for YEI funding and the individual allocations for these activities over 2014/15 are provided in the following table.  As noted in the earlier reply, the YEI activities are fully funded up-front by the Exchequer and the EU Regulations allow for the 2014/15 allocations to be spent and claimed before the end of 2018.  No payment application has been made in relation to the YEI or the ESF to date. 

The ESF Managing authority maintains an overview of the activities selected for the YEI/ESF and the latest expenditure figures provided by these activities is also provided in the table.  However, the Deputy should note that these figures are indicative and are likely to be adjusted in the context of actual expenditure declarations that will be made following the necessary verification work on claims in accordance with the EU Regulations.  In addition, expenditure in 2017 and possibly a portion of 2018, including expenditure on the Community Training Centres which have been approved for the YEI with effect from 2017, will determine the final expenditure declarations included in the YEI claim that is to be submitted to the European Commission before the end of 2018.