Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available on the momentum programme; the full year cost of increasing places on the programme by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27068/17]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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SOLAS inform me that the average cost of training a participant on the Momentum programme is approximately €3,200 per annum.  The planned intake for the second round of Momentum was 6,000.  Based on that figure the cost of increasing the number of places on the Momentum programme by 20% would be €3.84m. 

Given the overall improvement in the economic position, the welcome decline in the numbers who are unemployed and the consequent reduction in demand for training, there are no current plans for a further round of the Momentum programme and participants are not currently being recruited.