Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons registered on newly developed apprenticeship programmes at the end of 2017. [2168/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship programmes introduced in 2017. [2169/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeship population at the end of 2017. [2170/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2017. [2171/18]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 to 75, inclusive, together.

We have launched plans to significantly increase the number of apprenticeships by expanding the apprenticeship model into new sectors of the economy with an overall target to more than double the number of apprenticeships available by 2020.

Some 4,843 new apprentices registered on an apprenticeship programme during 2017, of which 335 were registered on one of the new consortia led apprenticeships.  Seven new apprenticeship programmes got underway in 2017 bringing the total new apprenticeships to nine, with further new programmes to get underway in the coming months, including two ICT programmes that have already passed validation by QQI. The apprenticeship population was 12,849 at the end of 2017, of which 391 related to the new consortia led apprenticeships.