Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding process for the full duration of all craft based and consortia led apprenticeships; the breakdown of each separate funding stream between national training levy, exchequer contributions, employer contributions and other sources of finance in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the minimum and maximum duration of such apprenticeships; and the national training qualifications obtained once courses are completed. [49831/17]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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Current funding for apprenticeship training is provided from both Exchequer and National Training Fund (NTF). The NTF is resourced by the NTF levy, currently set at 0.7% of reckonable earnings and rising to 0.8% in 2018.

The allocations are based on costings received during the budgetary process, from both SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority (HEA), to meet cost of apprenticeship provision based on the current apprenticeship population, forecast registrations and planned levels of off-the-job training.

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to National Training Fund (NTF) and Exchequer current allocation and spend in each of the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 is set out in the following table.

In 2018, all funding for craft based and consortia led apprenticeships will be provided from the NTF.

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to apprenticeships is set out in the following table. The minimum duration of an apprenticeship is 2 years.