Naoise Ó Muirí (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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2154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital Investment for ATU Mayo, due to the introduction of the electrical apprenticeship programme at the college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60017/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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My Department approved an allocation of €17m for the Higher Education Apprenticeship Expansion Programme 2023, to deliver an additional 132 apprenticeship craft training blocks, which are providing additional capacity at Phase 4 and Phase 6 in the higher education sector.

This investment by my Department is facilitating the expansion of electrical apprenticeship provision (12 blocks) in the ATU Mayo campus with an allocation of €1.345m towards this project. The full allocation was drawn down by ATU in 2024.