Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction in the allocation of expenditure from the National Training Fund given that it is €682.5 million in 2023 expenditure report and was €716.4 million in 2022; the areas in which the reductions will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50537/22]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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Budget 2023 allocated €682.5 million to the NTF for 2023. The 2022 Revised Estimates Volume, finalised the NTF allocation for 2022 as €765m, increased from the provisional allocation in Budget 2022 of €752m.

The reduction is due to the temporary funding provided in 2022 for Covid, the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). These temporary funds amounted to €131.431m. Temporary funding of €48.5m has been allocated in 2023 for Covid and BAR measures and an increase of €0.4m has been allocated to the NTF baseline for Access to Apprenticeship initiatives. The final allocation for the National Training Fund in 2023 has yet to be agreed and will be set out in the Revised Estimates.

The amount of €716.40 million quoted in the question refers to a graph in the Budget 2022 Expenditure Report (page 100), which was incorrectly labelled. The figure of €752m can be seen on page 242 in the Estimates for Public Services part of the report, and the figure of €765m can be found on page 257 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services for 2022 report.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the core capital allocation is €568 million given the National Development Plan anticipated €579 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50538/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The capital allocation for my Department for 2022 was €552 million: €538 million funding under the National Development Plan (€534 million core funding, €4 million temporary National Recovery and Resilience (NRRP) Funding) and €14 million funding from the Shared Island Fund.

As at Budget 2023 the capital allocation to my Department increased to €588 million. This consists of €579 million funding under the National Development Plan (€559 million core funding, €20 million temporary NRRP funding) and €9.5 million funding from the Shared Island Fund.

The 2023 figure in the National Development Plan of €579 million includes €20 million temporary NRRP allocation but excludes €9.5 million allocated through the Shared Island Fund.

The movement in my capital allocation is detailed in the table below, as published in the Budget 2023 Expenditure Report, page 111.