Written answers
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the 50,000 further education and training places provided under the pathway to work policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39135/21]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The additional 50,000 education and training places referred to in Pathways to Work form part of the Government’s response to the labour market and skills effects of the pandemic. A range of measures were introduced as a response to upskilling and reskilling needs of individuals and businesses through the July Jobs Stimulus and Budget 2021. These measures are providing 35,000 education and training places to help those who were displaced by the effects of the pandemic. A further 15,000 places were announced as part of the skills package in Budget 2021. The additional 50,000 places will be provided in the following programmes:
Skills to Compete
The education and training under this initiative provides for additional full time and part time places focused on those who have lost their jobs as a result of Covid-19. Courses offered under the initiative are built around three key priorities: - delivering the essential skills required for modern workplaces;
- building strong digital skills; and
- developing the specific vocational skills to secure opportunities in growing sectors and occupations.
This is a SOLAS led initiative, with the training opportunities provided through the Education and Training Boards (ETBs).
Skillnet Ireland
Skillnet Ireland is an employer network that supports sector specific training.
Skillnet Ireland are providing additional places to help those seeking employment and to support SMEs to adapt and innovate in response to the Covid crisis, involving
- an employment activation scheme including career advice, upskilling and mandatory work placements;
- training support for SMEs; and
- an SME productivity scheme.
Over 1,200 companies are on board to provide places in a wide variety of sectors such as medtech, financial services and the sustainable economy. This has been packaged as the Skills Connect initiative which offers rapid reskilling, job placements and employer mentoring to help individuals take up new opportunities, and the schemes are being delivered fully online. A series of innovative programmes in a range of areas including medtech manufacturing, cyber security, wind energy, software programming, digital marketing, customer service and CX, and logistics and warehousing are rolling out in the coming weeks.
Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme
The Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme (AIS) provides for an employer grant of €3,000 which is paid over two years for each new apprentice recruited. Initially funded under the July Jobs Stimulus, Budget 2021 provided for an extension of the incentive to cover apprentices registered prior to 30thJune 2021, and now extended to December 2021.
Retrofit Skills Training
A significant increase in the numbers of individuals skilled in retrofit and zero-energy building methods is required to meet the targets set out under the Climate Action Plan. Funding was allocated in 2020 to prepare for the rollout of housing retrofit education and training programmes in 2021.This funding is being deployed to support the development of three retrofit centres of excellence nationwide, in addition to the two centres already in place in Waterford Wexford Education and Training Board (ETB) and Laois Offaly ETB. Funding was also allocated in Budget 2021 to support the delivery of retrofit training through this network, including short courses for experienced craftspersons and longer programmes for new entrants, including unemployed people, and those seeking to upskill.
SOLAS is responsible for this programme to be delivered through ETBs country wide.
Springboard+ /Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Pillar 1
Springboard+ 2020 and the Human Capital Initiative were launched June 2020, providing courses across the country in higher education (universities) . This included additional places as a response to Covid-19 related skills needs. Many courses have been oversubscribed, particularly in the ICT, Pharma and Business areas.
Postgraduate Skills Provision – Higher Education
Additional places have been provided on part-time and full-time postgraduate taught programmes in public and private higher education institutions. The places are available on courses in a wide range of skills areas, including Data Analytics, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Tourism and Hospitality, ICT, Health and Welfare and Medical Technology.
Their courses are complementary to, but broader than the Springboard+/HCI Pillar 1 offering, and support those heavily impacted by the pandemic, including recent graduates whose opportunities for employment or travel are now limited. Many courses also focus on future proofing the skills of those in employment, particularly in roles that may be impacted by digitalisation.
Modular Skills Provision
Modular Skills Provision will provide for places on modular courses in 32 higher education institutions.
Modular Skills Provision courses are shorter and more focused and are offered in a flexible manner, allowing people to gain important skills without taking a considerable period away from the labour market. They represent a new route into lifelong learning, and provide upskilling and reskilling opportunities for those who need it, while ensuring that they remain close to the labour market. Each module is stand-alone so that participants can gain skills and put them into practice immediately in the workplace, but modules are also accredited in such a way as to provide building blocks to a full qualification should the student so wish.
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places funded by the human capital initiative; the details of all courses and institutions and the financial allocation to each institution per course and student in tabular form for each year for which the initiative has been operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39136/21]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Human Capital Initiative (HCI) was announced as part of Budget 2019. The HCI provides additional capacity across the Higher Education Sector to meet priority skill needs for enterprise, representing an additional investment of €300m (€60m per annum from 2020 to 2024) from the surplus in the NTF in line with recommendations contained in the independent review of the NTF on the use of the surplus and the development of labour market skills.
The Initiative forms a key part of the strategic response to a changing world of work and the challenges the economy will face in the period ahead. With a strong focus on innovation and agility, the programmes being supported will ensure that graduates and the education system as a whole, are in a position to respond positively to the challenges and opportunities ahead.
The HCI consists of 3 main pillars - graduate conversion and specialisation courses, additional places on undergraduate provision, and an innovation and agility fund. Attached is a list of all courses, institutions, the financial allocation to each institution per course and student in tabular form for each year for which the initiative has been operating.
Table:
Provider | Course Title | Places Allocated for 2020/2021 | Unit Cost | Max Total Allocation |
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Athlone Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering Management | 20 | €8,328 | €166,550 |
Athlone Institute of Technology | Post Graduate Diploma in Biopharmaceutical and MedDevice Systems (Level 9) | 20 | €8,583 | €171,667 |
Athlone Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management | 20 | €8,250 | €165,000 |
Athlone Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Packaging, Innovation and Product Design | 40 | €8,250 | €330,000 |
Athlone Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Quality Management and Validation(Level 9) | 30 | €8,250 | €247,500 |
Athlone Institute of Technology | Higher Diploma in Business in Information Technology | 20 | €7,500 | €150,000 |
Athlone Institute of Technology | Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics | 15 | €8,000 | €120,000 |
CCT College Dublin | Higher Diploma in Science in Data Analytics for Business | 48 | €7,100 | €340,800 |
CCT College Dublin | Higher Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (Concepts and Application) | 48 | €7,400 | €355,200 |
Dublin Business School | Higher Diploma in Science in Aviation Finance | 30 | €7,250 | €217,500 |
Dublin Business School | Higher Diploma in Science in Digital Marketing | 80 | €7,250 | €580,000 |
Dublin Business School | Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Financial Analytics | 40 | €7,500 | €300,000 |
Dublin City University | Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy Systems | 15 | €5,640 | €84,600 |
Dublin City University | Higher Diploma in Engineering Analysis and Technologies | 15 | €5,640 | €84,600 |
Dublin City University | Graduate Diploma in Web Technologies | 30 | €5,600 | €168,000 |
Dublin City University | Graduate Diploma for Specialist Skills in Industrial BioPharmaceutical Analysis | 25 | €5,850 | €146,250 |
Dublin City University | Graduate Diploma in Management (Business Analytics) | 50 | €5,550 | €277,500 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Immersive Technology | 20 | €5,363 | €107,250 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Data Analytics for Business | 20 | €4,900 | €98,004 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | Higher Diploma in Science in Networking and Systems (Full-time / 1 year) | 20 | €5,271 | €105,417 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | PgDIP Bio- Energy | 12 | €5,909 | €70,904 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | PgDIP Wind Energy | 12 | €5,909 | €70,904 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | PgDIP Solar Energy | 12 | €5,909 | €70,904 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | Higher Diploma in Science in Data Analytics (Full-time / 1 year) | 20 | €6,027 | €120,542 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Data Analytics (Full-time / 1 year) | 14 | €7,857 | €110,000 |
Dundalk Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Building Surveying | 16 | €4,933 | €78,933 |
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Biopharmaceutical Science | 16 | €6,000 | €96,000 |
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology | Higher Diploma in Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance | 24 | €6,000 | €144,000 |
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology | Higher Diploma in Advanced Analytical Chemistry | 16 | €6,000 | €96,000 |
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology | Higher Diploma in Business Analytics | 30 | €6,000 | €180,000 |
IADT | Graduate Diploma in Digital Content Creation for Business | 25 | €3,825 | €95,621 |
Ibec | Medical Technology Regulatory Affairs Professional | 30 | €6,900 | €207,000 |
ICD Business School | Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Financial Services | 25 | €6,000 | €150,000 |
Innopharma College of Applied Sciences | Post Graduate Diploma in Science in Digital Transformation (Life Science) | 60 | €6,450 | €387,000 |
Innopharma College of Applied Sciences | Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Device Technology and Business | 93 | €6,450 | €599,850 |
Innopharma College of Applied Sciences | L8 BA (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Business Operations | 70 | €5,250 | €367,500 |
Institute of Technology Carlow | Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Networks and Cybersecurity | 32 | €6,500 | €208,000 |
Institute of Technology Carlow | Postgraduate Diploma in Contaminated Land Management and Remediation | 32 | €6,500 | €208,000 |
Institute of Technology Carlow | Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Materials | 32 | €6,500 | €208,000 |
Institute of Technology Carlow | Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis | 30 | €6,500 | €195,000 |
Letterkenny Institute of Technology | BSc (Hons) in Construction Contracts Management | 16 | €7,000 | €112,000 |
Limerick Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Process Validation and Regulatory Affairs (Medical) | 24 | €6,750 | €162,000 |
Limerick Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Process Validation and Regulatory Affairs(Pharmaceutical) | 24 | €6,750 | €162,000 |
Limerick Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Digital Marketing and Analytics | 16 | €6,500 | €104,000 |
Limerick Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Process Validation and Regulatory Affairs (Food and Drink) | 24 | €6,750 | €162,000 |
Maynooth University | Design Innovation for Workplace 4.0 | 25 | €6,000 | €150,000 |
Maynooth University | Higher Diploma in Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience | 40 | €6,000 | €240,000 |
MTU (Cork Institute of Technology) | Post-Graduate Diploma in Analytical Sciences with Instrument Validation | 20 | €8,787 | €175,741 |
MTU (Cork Institute of Technology) | Higher Diploma in Quality Systems Validation with Data Analytics for the BioPharmaChem industry | 20 | €6,788 | €135,750 |
MTU (Cork Institute of Technology) | Post Graduate Diploma in Cybersecurity Management | 20 | €7,200 | €144,000 |
MTU (Cork Institute of Technology) | PG Diploma Facilities Management & Building Information Management | 20 | €8,500 | €170,000 |
MTU (Cork Institute of Technology) | PG Diploma Construction Project Management & Building Information Management | 20 | €8,500 | €170,000 |
MTU (Cork Institute of Technology) | PG Diploma Mechanical and Electrical Quantity Surveying | 20 | €8,500 | €170,000 |
MTU (Cork Institute of Technology) | PostGraduate Diploma in BIM and Digital AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) | 16 | €9,000 | €144,000 |
National College of Ireland | Higher Diploma in Science in Computing (Blockchain) 1 Year Online | 30 | €5,400 | €162,000 |
National College of Ireland | Higher Diploma in Science in Computing (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) 1 Year Online | 54 | €5,400 | €291,600 |
National College of Ireland | Higher Diploma in Science in Computing (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) 1 Year | 26 | €5,400 | €140,400 |
National College of Ireland | Higher Diploma in Science in Computing (Blockchain) 1 Year Blended | 50 | €5,400 | €270,000 |
National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training | Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Validation Technology | 27 | €12,000 | €324,000 |
National University of Ireland Galway | Higher Diploma (Financial Analysis) | 30 | €6,000 | €180,000 |
National University of Ireland Galway | Higher Diploma in Data Analytics and Visualisation | 25 | €6,500 | €162,500 |
National University of Ireland Galway | Higher Diploma (Business Information Systems) | 30 | €6,000 | €180,000 |
National University of Ireland Galway | Postgraduate Diploma (Digital Transformation) | 30 | €6,000 | €180,000 |
Professional Accountancy Training | ACCA Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business (Graduate Conversion) | 85 | €6,250 | €531,250 |
The Institute of Banking | Graduate Diploma in Digital and Data Leadership in Financial Services | 50 | €10,500 | €525,000 |
Trinity College Dublin | Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship Biotech and Pharma | 15 | €11,948 | €179,213 |
University College Cork | Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation through Design Thinking | 60 | €8,000 | €480,000 |
University College Cork | Higher Diploma in Languages and Global Software Business | 52 | €8,000 | €416,000 |
University College Cork | Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Sciences | 30 | €9,000 | €270,000 |
University College Cork | Higher Diploma in Sustainability in Enterprise: Meeting the Challenges of the Future | 50 | €6,000 | €300,000 |
University College Cork | Higher Diploma in Design and Manufacture of BioPharmaceuticals | 32 | €9,000 | €288,000 |
University College Cork | Postgraduate Diploma in Bioanalytical Chemistry | 30 | €7,000 | €210,000 |
University College Dublin | Graduate Diploma in Design Thinking for Sustainability | 72 | €6,300 | €453,600 |
University College Dublin | Grad Diploma in Health Informatics | 20 | €5,845 | €116,900 |
University College Dublin | Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Environmental Science | 10 | €6,466 | €64,660 |
University College Dublin | Graduate Diploma in Localization | 12 | €6,105 | €73,260 |
University of Limerick | DevOps and Data Analytics (Higher Diploma) | 20 | €7,500 | €150,000 |
University of Limerick | Multilingual Software Development and Translation Technology (Graduate Diploma) | 15 | €7,500 | €112,500 |
University of Limerick | Agile Business Analysis (Graduate Diploma) | 30 | €6,000 | €180,000 |
University of Limerick | DevOps and Continuous Software Engineering (Graduate Diploma) | 20 | €7,500 | €150,000 |
University of Limerick | Environmental Science (Higher Diploma) (Full-Time) | 10 | €7,500 | €75,000 |
Waterford Institute of Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Business Analytics | 25 | €5,750 | €143,750 |
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