Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the target number of total registered apprentices for 2022; the breakdown between craft and consortia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63606/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025, the Government has set an overall target of 10,000 new apprenticeship registrations per annum by 2025. Projected total registrations for 2021 were 6,450. The projected total for end 2022 is 7,500.

However actual registrations for 2021 have already exceeded the projected 2022 targets. There were 8,607 total apprentice registrations for 2021 which is broken down as 6,955 craft apprentices and 1,652 consortia apprentices.

The recent appointment of Dr Mary-Liz Trant as Director of the National Apprenticeship Office, a key structure in the new apprenticeship architecture, marks an important development in delivering on the vision articulated in the Action Plan. This will create additional energy for making even further progress towards the 2025 target of 10,000 annual registrations.

Although year on year growth is difficult to estimate for an employer demand-led system, based on year on year growth to date, my Department predicts a roughly 75/25% split between craft and consortia apprenticeship registrations. 

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per advanced healthcare assistant practitioner apprentice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63607/21]

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per retail supervision apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63608/21]

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per international financial services associate, international financial services specialist apprenticeship and recruitment executive apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63609/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1155, 1156 and 1157 together.

The advanced healthcare assistant practitioner, international financial services associate, international financial services specialist apprenticeship and recruitment executive apprenticeship are funded through via the Higher Education Authority (HEA)

In respect of consortia-led apprenticeship programmes, the HEA allocates funding to each consortia on a per apprentice registered basis. The amount allocated is referenced to a unit cost model for equivalent courses, as funded through the HEA’s Recurrent Grant Allocation Model.

The following table sets out the funding allocated for each of the programmes referenced in the Deputy’s PQs.

The consortia-led Retail Supervision L6 apprenticeship programme is funded by SOLAS, which allocates funding to each consortium on a per apprentice registered basis. The annual total allocation per apprentice for this programme is €3,322.