Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation to the Apprenticeship Council in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [24610/17]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 10 May 2017, the allocated amount on apprenticeship spending in 2016 and 2017; and the projected allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [24612/17]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 10 May 2017, if the €200 million referred to has been accounted for in fiscal space projections; and the impact of the spend of €200 million on net fiscal space in each of the years 2016 to 2021. [24613/17]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264, 266 and 267 together.

In 2017, €98.7m has been allocated for apprenticeship training which represents a 40% increase on the 2016 spend of €69.6m. Future years' allocations will be determined through the normal budgetary process which takes account of competing demands and the overall availability of resources.

The Apprenticeship Council is not an executive body and therefore is not a budget holder. Funding for apprenticeship is primarily through SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority. Secretariat to the Council is provided by SOLAS.

**Figure based on registrations in 2021 being the same as 2020.