Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the funding of the Technological University Dublin pilot pre-apprenticeship programme between industry, the HEA and the Social Innovation Fund Ireland in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22220/21]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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The TU Dublin Access to Apprenticeship Programme is an innovative close-to-the-labour market employability programme which is specifically set up to support young men and women from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to secure craft apprenticeship positions. The funding it has received since 2018 is set out in the attached table.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of mainstreaming the Technological University Dublin pilot pre-apprenticeship programme to other institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22221/21]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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The TU Dublin Access to Apprenticeship programme is part funded by the HEA, with one third of the cost over the past three years being met from HEA funding. The programme is highly innovative and targeted to local needs, supporting young people to gain skills and experience relevant to craft apprenticeship.

Under the recently published Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025, the impacts of and outcomes from the TU Dublin Access to Apprenticeship programme and other interventions across the sector such as the 500+ pre-apprenticeship places and the female apprentice bursary will be examined to provide an evidence base for best practice and future interventions.