Parliamentary Question No. 559 was interpreted in my Department as referring to funding provided directly by my Department to VEC/ETBs.
Data on the funding provided by SOLAS to ETBs for the period 2014 to date in 2017 follows:
Summary of Grants Paid to Education and Training Boards by SOLAS
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2017 to June 2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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Total
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Total
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Total
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Total
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€'000
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€'000
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€'000
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€’000
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Cavan & Monaghan
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8,376
|
14,632
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8,340
|
6,896
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City of Dublin
|
40,162
|
79,752
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82,017
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85,963
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Cork
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25,404
|
50,592
|
49,018
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51,938
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|
Donegal
|
10,156
|
20,435
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22,354
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14,697
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Dublin & Dun Laoghaire
|
30,984
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65,681
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64,302
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68,916
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Galway & Roscommon
|
16,206
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32,230
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32,947
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24,798
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Kerry
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12,554
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24,439
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24,354
|
24,997
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Kildare & Wicklow
|
14,583
|
26,667
|
20,263
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17,107
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Kilkenny & Carlow
|
8,692
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14,230
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7,363
|
7,408
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Laois & Offaly
|
7,888
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14,646
|
7,507
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7,892
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Limerick & Clare
|
25,451
|
49,934
|
53,944
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34,751
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Longford & Westmeath
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11,890
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22,655
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34,520
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24,360
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Louth & Meath
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14,895
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29,684
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28,354
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23,161
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Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim
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15,308
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30,585
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27,848
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20,782
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Tipperary
|
8,498
|
13,567
|
8,221
|
6,987
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Waterford & Wexford
|
23,139
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48,503
|
56,025
|
38,111
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Total
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274,186
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538,232
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527,377
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458,764
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