Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons enrolled in the commis chef and the chef de partie apprenticeships in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13527/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for apprenticeships for 2018. [13528/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled in apprenticeship programmes. [13529/18]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeship programmes in operation. [13530/18]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 to 237, inclusive, together.

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to apprenticeship programmes in operation is set out on the following tabular statement. There are currently 13,209 people undertaking an apprenticeship in one of these programmes.

The 2018 budget allocation for apprenticeship training is €122m which represents an increase of almost 24% on the 2017 allocation of €98.7m.

The number apprentices registered on the Commis Chef Apprenticeships in 2017 was 25 with a further 34 apprentices registered to date in 2018. The Chef de Partie Apprenticeship is currently in development and is scheduled to commence in September 2018 with initial numbers estimated at 48 participants this year.

Current Apprenticeships