Written answers

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Department of Education and Skills

Apprenticeship Data

Photo of Maurice QuinlivanMaurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new budget allocation for apprenticeships in 2018; the estimated number of apprentices this will support in 2018; and the estimated number of new apprenticeship programmes that will be introduced in 2018. [44113/17]

Photo of Maurice QuinlivanMaurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship programmes that have been introduced to date in 2017; and the number of participants in each new programme, in tabular form. [44114/17]

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have commenced an apprenticeship programme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44153/17]

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the apprenticeship programmes in operation; the number of participants on each apprenticeship programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44154/17]

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the ten new apprenticeship programmes announced in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44155/17]

Photo of John HalliganJohn Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 99, 100 and 104 to 106, inclusive, together.

The material sought by the Deputies in relation to the number of apprentices on each apprenticeship programme is set out in the tables.

Since its first call for proposals the Apprenticeship Council has been working with consortia to develop their proposals into sustainable apprenticeships that can be delivered on a nationwide basis. To date eleven new apprenticeships have been developed by the Council.  During 2016 two new programmes got under way in Insurance Practice and Industrial Electrical Engineering. This year has seen the commencement of new apprenticeships in Polymer Processing Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Engineer, Accounting Technician and two programmes in International Financial Services (Associate & Specialist).

Apprenticeships in Commis Chef and two ICT apprenticeships (Network Engineer and Software Developer) have recently been validated and are currently approving employers and recruiting apprentices and are expected to get underway shortly.

Further new apprenticeships are to be submitted for validation to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) shortly and, subject to successful validation, it is expected that a further four new schemes will get underway later this year in various sectors including Engineering and Haulage.

Earlier this year we published the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020 which sets out a series of detailed actions and annual targets on how we will achieve the commitments in the Action Plan for Education in this area.

A key commitment for this year set out in the Plan was the issuing of a second call for apprenticeship proposals to refresh the pipeline of proposals already established through the first call. The second call closed on the 1 September with 77 proposals received from a range of sectors and occupations.  The Apprenticeship Council is currently evaluating these proposals and will report its findings in November.

Budget 2018 made a provision of €122m for apprenticeship training for next year. This represents an increase of almost 24% over the 2017 allocation and will support an apprentice population which is forecast to be in excess of 13,000 by the end of 2017 and new registrations which are forecast to be over 6,000 during 2018.  As set out in the Plan we have targeted a further ten new schemes for 2018 which will bring the total new apprenticeships to 25, almost doubling the number of apprenticeship schemes on offer in Ireland.

Apprentice Population 2017 by Sector and Trade as 30/9/17

Construction Total2692
Brick and Stonelaying111
Cabinet Making2
Carpentry and Joinery1050
Floor and Wall Tiling0
Painting and Decorating77
Plastering59
Plumbing1211
Stonecutting and Stonemasonry33
Wood Manufacturing and Finishing149
Wood Machinist0
Electrical Total5058
Aircraft Mechanics167
Electrical4185
Electrical Instrumentation292
Electronic Security Systems108
Instrumentation35
Refrigeration271
Engineering Total1742
Farriery17
Industrial Insulation42
M.A.M.F.590
Metal Fabrication654
*Pipefitting77
Sheet Metalworking119
Toolmaking243
Motor Total2334
Agricultural Mechanics148
Construction Plant Fitting238
Heavy Vehicle Mechanics509
Motor Mechanics1279
Vehicle Body Repairs160
Printing & Paper Total18
Print Media18
Priniting0
Bookbinding0
Grand Total11844
*Please note: From end of 2016 Pipefitting is included in the Engineering Family of Trade.

Consortia Led Apprenticeships Total 2016/2017 @ 30 September 2017

Grand Total
Industrial Electrical Eng30
Total30
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 6)30
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 7)12
Polymer Processing Tech17
Total59
Accounting Technician40
Insurance Practice144
International Financial Services Associate1
International Financial Services Specialist8
Total 193
Total consortia led282
Grand Total (All)12,126

Apprentice Registrations2014201520162017 (as of end September 2017)
Total2,6983,1533,8213,478

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