Written answers
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Budgets
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated to SOLAS in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [4347/25]
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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My Department allocates funding to SOLAS from the Exchequer and the National Training Fund (NTF) to deliver Further Education and Training programmes and services by the 16 Education and Training Boards and other agencies throughout the country.
The table below sets out the allocation to SOLAS in 2023, 2024 and 2025 as requested. The Deputy may be aware that the annual allocation to aegis bodies is included in the Agency Statements as part of the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services:
| SOLAS | Vote Current | Vote Capital | NTF Current | NTF Capital | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | €'000 | €'000 | €'000 | €'000 | €'000 | Note |
| 2023 | 515,788 | 60,000 | 506,863 | NIL | 1,082,651 | As per Agency Statement of 2023 REV |
| 2024 | 524,190 | 66,000 | 531,270 | NIL | 1,121,460 | As per Agency Statement of 2024 REV |
| 2025 | 549,844 | 107,000 | 602,522 | 7,000 | 1,266,366 | As per Agency Statement of 2025 REV |
SOLAS' annual Financial Statements, incorporating the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, together with the Annual Report are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in line with the statutory requirements of the Further Education and Training Act, 2013 and the procedures set out in Circular 24 of 2021.
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