Written answers
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Department of Education and Skills
Traineeship Programmes Data
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female trainees enrolled by employment sector and subsector as at 31 December 2017 for existing traineeships and new or relaunched traineeships, in tabular form; the budget allocation in 2016, 2017 and 2018 for State-funded traineeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2737/18]
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of live traineeship programmes forecasted for all existing traineeships for the 2016 to 2020 period; the targeted new enrolments per annum; the forecasted number of traineeship programmes cumulative in addition to planned new enrolments per annum for new or relaunched traineeships; and the actual numbers realised for existing traineeships and new or relaunched traineeships (details supplied) for these targets at 31 December 2016 and at 31 December 2017. [2738/18]
John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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I propose to answer Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statements.
I am informed by SOLAS that they are not in a position to provide a gender breakdown of the traineeship enrolments at the end of 2017 at present. However, with the introduction of the Programme Learner Support System (PLSS), which is now being populated by the Education and Training Boards, this information will be available in the future once the 2017 data has been verified and validated.
| Existing traineeships | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of ‘live’ traineeship programmes | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Target new enrolments per annum | 2,400 | 2,400 | 3,000 | 3,500 | 3,500 |
| New/relaunched traineeships | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Number of traineeship programmes (cumulative) | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Planned new enrolments per annum | 100 | 200 | 900 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| Total target trainee enrolments p.a. | 2,500 | 2,600 | 3,900 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of existing traineeships | 24 | 24 |
| Number of new traineeships (cumulative) | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 26 | 32 |
| Number of enrolments on existing programmes (actual) | 2,687 | 2,484 |
| Number of enrolments on new programmes (actual) | 108 | 234 |
| Total | 2,795 | 2,718 |
Traineeship allocation 2016, 2017 and 2018
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2016 | €29,398,301 |
| 2017 | €26,159,261 |
| 2018 | €41,000,000 (subject to SOLAS/ETB service planning process) |
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