Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the budget for apprenticeship training increased by 8%. [43904/20]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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Apprenticeship training is funded from the National Training Fund (NTF).

The total allocation from the NTF for the provision of Apprenticeship for 2020 amounted to €184.4m.The estimated cost of an 8% increase would amount to €14.8m.

The provisional NTF allocation for apprenticeship in Budget 2021 is €198.4 million.