Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will be provided to deliver 50,000 education and training places to support upskilling and reskilling for the labour market outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32268/21]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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The Economic Recovery Plan 2021 recognised that the accelerated provision of 50,000 education and training places in reskilling and upskilling is a central piece in addressing the employment transition of people who have been displaced by the impact of the current pandemic and in key skills priorities.

These places are being funded from the National Training Fund through €100 million that was allocated in the July Jobs Stimulus and through a further €118.5 million that was provided for in Budget 2021 for the continuation of the Stimulus package and for additional skills places.

This upskilling and reskilling is taking place across a wide range of provision including the SOLAS Skills to Compete intitative, Skillnet Ireland courses, Springboard+, and modular and postgraduate courses in Higher Education.