Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital projects his Department will fund in County Monaghan over the years 2020 to 2025. [43175/20]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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For 2021 and beyond, my Department, in consultation with SOLAS, aims to support a more strategic investment to Futher Education and Training (FET) capital. SOLAS is engaging with the sector in anticipation of a call-out early in the New Year for capital investment proposals. This will identify projects for delivery in 2021 while also identifying medium to larger scale projects to be progressed on a multiannual basis. SOLAS will make recommendations to my Department on FET projects to progress for the sector, including any projects that may be identified for County Monaghan.

In 2020, SOLAS submitted a proposal in respect of capital investment in the Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) apprenticeship facility in Monaghan. My Department provided sanction for the provision of equipment, in the amount of €343,940, for the Monaghan facility based on the SOLAS recommendation.