Written Answers Nos. 557-576
557. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the number of people on waiting lists and a breakdown of the average waiting times they are experiencing in each outpatient department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in tabular form. [39190/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra558. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the number of children awaiting outpatient appointments at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, including a breakdown of the waiting times, in tabular form. [39191/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 557 and 558 together.
It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. I am conscious of the burden this places on patients and their families.
As part of the multi-annual approach to reducing waiting lists, and just as importantly the length of time that patients are waiting, I published the 2024 Waiting List Action Plan on 27th March. Total funding of €360 million has been provided for the plan this year which sets out 19 Actions across three themes: Delivering Capacity, Reforming Scheduled Care and Enabling Scheduled Care Reform.
The Waiting List Action Plan multi-annual approach, initiated in 2021, encompasses a two-pronged approach of short-term actions to increase capacity and activity in the immediate term, and longer-term reform measures to sustainably reduce and reform hospital waiting lists and waiting times.
The 2024 Plan builds on the work of previous plans which have achieved significant progress in overall waiting list reduction and in addressing long waiting times, against a backdrop of significantly increased demand for scheduled care services. This year’s plan aims to achieve a reduction in the overall number of patients on waiting lists while three of the four overarching targets in the Plan are specifically focused on improving waiting times.
Adult and child waiting list information by hospital and specialty is published monthly by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) on its website: www.ntpf.ie/home/nwld.htm.
The information is now being made available through an interactive visual tool which provides users with a much-improved way of accessing and analysing waiting list information.
The NTPF has advised that the health system does not collect the data necessary to calculate true average wait times. In particular, the time to treatment of patients who have already received their care is not collected. The NTPF collects data on patients on the waiting list at a particular time, and the average time that these patients were waiting is provided here.
Average wait time for Outpatient specialties (OPD) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda as of 29/08/2024
|
Specialty Name |
Mean Wait(Days) |
Median Wait(Days) |
|
Gastro-Enterology |
111 |
104 |
|
Haematology |
240 |
227 |
|
Otolaryngology (ENT) |
124 |
100 |
|
Paediatric Surgery |
156 |
145 |
|
Plastic Surgery |
101 |
91 |
|
Endocrinology |
117 |
113 |
|
Gynaecology |
102 |
90 |
|
Infectious Diseases |
58 |
42.5 |
|
Ophthalmology |
273 |
208.5 |
|
Paed Orthopaedic |
183 |
140 |
|
Paediatric ENT |
150 |
141.5 |
|
Cardiology |
114 |
111 |
|
General Medicine |
77 |
58 |
|
General Surgery |
124 |
111 |
|
Urology |
161 |
131 |
|
Dermatology |
178 |
141 |
|
Nephrology |
125 |
103 |
|
Oncology |
28 |
15 |
|
Paediatric Dermatology |
155 |
141 |
|
Paediatrics |
204 |
183 |
|
Respiratory Medicine |
140 |
128 |
"The health system does not collect the data necessary to calculate average wait times. In particular, the time to treatment of patients who have already received their care is not collected. The NTPF collects data on patients currently on the waiting list and the average time that these patients have been waiting is provided here."
559. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if more support will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38483/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware, my Department has significantly increased its investment in the Further Education and Training (FET) sector in the last number of years, from circa €909 million in 2020 to €1,055 million in 2024 (excluding capital allocation).
SOLAS is responsible for the strategic co-ordination and funding of the FET sector in Ireland, and it allocates funding to each of the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). SOLAS have confirmed that the allocation for Kerry ETB in 2024 is €47.236m (increased from €45.290 in 2023). The administration and allocation of this funding across different FET programmes is a matter for the individual ETB.
Kerry ETB advised my officials that its 2024 allocation is predicted on planned beneficiaries of 13,740. By the end of July, Kerry ETB has achieved 10,817 beneficiaries i.e., 79% of its planned annual provision. Kerry ETB further advised that for the remainder of 2024 the demand for FET provision remains very strong. Some provision in excess of its plan had to be deferred accordingly to ensure Kerry ETB remained within its funding allocation. However, Kerry ETB have confirmed that it will continue to deliver its planned FET provision for the remainder of 2024.
In respect of the O’Connell FET Centre in Caherciveen, the planned activity for 2024 is 1379 beneficiaries. By the end of July, the Centre had already achieved 1,232 beneficiaries (89%) and had more than 25 courses commencing for the remainder of 2024. This means that the O’Connell FET Centre in Caherciveen will exceed its planned activity beneficiaries for 2024.
However, I am aware that there is a significant funding pressure in the FET sector this year and I am working with my officials and SOLAS to address the overall funding need in the forthcoming Supplementary Estimates, with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.
560. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of contracts his Department had with a company (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of services this company provided to his Department in the years in question, in tabular form; and the amount his Department paid this company for such services. [38617/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has previously been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that, for security reasons, not to disclose details of its cyber security operations (including details of commercial relationships, audits/exercises and expenditure) which could in any way compromise the Department’s information security posture. In particular, it is not considered appropriate to disclose any information, which might assist malicious actors to identify potential vulnerabilities.
561. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the number of places available on speech and language therapy courses. [38624/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra562. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the number of places available on occupational therapy courses. [38625/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 561 and 562 together.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous institutions responsible for their own academic affairs including the curriculum and student numbers on individual courses. The costs incurred by a HEI in increasing student places on a particular course or establishing an additional course can vary depending on a variety factors including the type of course and the individual circumstances of the relevant HEI.Where additionally is required on courses or a new course is required, specific engagement with the sector and external stakeholders is very often required. This process allows for a deeper consideration of wider issues such as capacity, staffing, other supports, availability of placements, capital investment in buildings and equipment etc. It is therefore, not possible to definitively calculate the costs sought in the absence of a specific engagement with the sector.
The delivery of healthcare programmes is complex and requires multiple parts of the health and education systems working together.
It should be noted that in recent years there has been a substantial expansion of therapy and key healthcare places in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland. In July, Government approved the prioritisation of funding to support the expansion of training places in priority healthcare areas including Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy, as well as Physiotherapy.
From September this year additional places on Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy programmes in University of Galway, and an undergraduate Occupational Therapy programme is also being introduced at University of Limerick. Further expansion next year will result in an overall 35% increase in places on therapy discipline programmes.
Additionality has been delivered in recent years with over 460 permanent new higher education healthcare places created in September 2023 in Irish HEIs, and further capacity created in Northern Ireland, where an additional 80 places in allied healthcare disciplines in Ulster University in September 2023 were created for students from this jurisdiction. These places include 28 in Occupational Therapy and 10 in Speech and Language Therapy. A similar arrangement is in train for September 2024.
Extensive engagement is ongoing between officials in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and officials in the Department of Health, as well as the HSE and higher education sector. Work is underway on the oversight and infrastructure for clinical placements to enable further expansion.
563. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will reintroduce the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme to assist recruitment in the construction trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38722/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme (AIS) was a measure implemented to assist apprentices due to the particular challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Similar to other Covid-19 measures, the AIS has ceased.
Under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021 to 2025, all employers of apprentices receive financial support either through the direct payment of training allowances to craft apprentices during periods of off-the-job training or, in the case of Consortia-led apprenticeship, via the annual €2,000 training grant per apprentice provided to employers.
The employer grant extended financial support to all apprentice employers for the first time, responding to Key Deliverable 4 in my Department's Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 seeking to address barriers to employer participation in the system and in particular through financial measures which improve the cost-benefit argument for employing apprentices.
This Government's priority is ensuring that the right supports are available to incentivise employers to participate in an apprenticeship system that delivers a highly skilled workforce to maintaining productivity, competitiveness and sustainable growth in the economy.
564. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the need for additional funding for the diploma in special education; if he is satisfied at the adequacy of current resourcing to keep pace with demand;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38781/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe resourcing and funding of the diploma in special education is a matter for the Department of Education and as such my Department does not have any remit over same. The 2018 Review of the Special Needs Assistant Scheme published by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE)recommended the provision of a national online training programme. Arising from that recommendation the Department of Education awarded a four-year contract to University College Dublin (UCD) School of Education to design and deliver a new national online training programme for SNAs employed in schools. The programme is fully funded by the Department of Education and delivered at no cost to the SNA. Further information should be sought from the Department of Education
565. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on actions JT/24/1 and JT/24/2 under the Climate Action Plan 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraGreen skills are essential for meeting the ambitious climate targets set out by the Government in the Climate Action Plan and for the green transition. My Department has been working with SOLAS and the HEA to develop the green skills required to achieve the targets laid out in Actions JT/24/1 and JT/24/2. I am pleased to confirm that both these actions have been completed as of Q2 this year.
A national suite of green skills programmes has been developed by SOLAS in collaboration with enterprise partners in areas such as sustainability awareness and resource efficiency. Green skills modules developing transversal and specific green skills are available to all FET learners with new green skills micro-qualifications being rolled out by all 16 Education and Training Boards. These include:- A Level 4 (Level 3 EQF) micro-qualification in Environmental Sustainability Awareness- A Level 5 (Level 4 EQF) micro-qualification in Environmental Sustainability in the Workplace, and- A general introduction to green skills module developed in partnership with SEAI, and open to all learners online via the eCollege portal.New additions to the green suite include:- Level 5 (Level 4 EQF) Lean Practice for Sustainable Business- Level 5 (Level 4 EQF) Resource Efficiency for a Sustainable Workplace- Level 6 (Level 5 EQF) The Circular Economy in the Workplace- Level 5 (Level 4 EQF) Sustainable Supply Chain Procurement
There were 1,413 total enrolments in the Green FET micro-qualifications (L4 & L5) in 2023.
A detailed list of Green Skills micro-qualifications is available to view on www.solas.ie/microqualifications/.
In higher education, a total of 1,146 places on green skills-related upskilling and reskilling programmes (at NFQ levels 6-9) were made available in the 2023/24 academic year through Springboard+ and HCI Pillar 1. All of these programmes had flexible modes of delivery (online or blended), bar two of the HCI Pillar 1 programmes which were classroom-based.
Springboard+ 2024 was launched in May 2024 and has 18 courses in green skills and green skills related areas offering 543 places. HCI Pillar 1 has 24 courses in green skills and green skills related areas, offering 657 places.
566. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SOLAS has fully funded education and training boards to provide for the regularisation of tutors employed in its adult, community and further education settings as envisaged under information note ESR ETB 0001/2024, issued by his Department in April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38853/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware, a new grade of Adult Educator, with a standardised pay scale aligned to the Youthreach Resource Personnel Scale, was formally established earlier this year. Existing tutors, some 2,800, have the option of assimilating to the new incremental pay scale, with effect from 1st April 2023, or remaining on their current terms and conditions.
The Education and Training Boards (ETBs) were notified of the implementation arrangements in April 2024 and are currently overseeing the process of offering the choice to existing tutors, with a view to new contracts being in place within the current academic year. My officials have been informed by ETBI that the Adult Education process has required some changes to the payroll systems. These changes are currently being finalised. In addition, there is also a need to schedule the associated work within some ETBs, which will result in the conversion process for some ETBs taking place in January 2025, which is the latest date for implementation.
A small allocation was provided in Budget 2024 for the commencement of the conversion process. However, the ETBs must implement the conversion process in order to establish the actual full cost once the number of tutors assimilating to the new grade is confirmed.
567. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme for employers to €5,000, €7,000 and €10,000. [38889/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme (AIS) was a measure implemented to assist apprentices due to the particular challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Similar to other Covid-19 measures, the AIS has ceased.
Under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021 to 2025, all employers of apprentices receive financial support either through the direct payment of training allowances to craft apprentices during periods of off-the-job training or, in the case of Consortia-led apprenticeship, via the annual €2,000 training grant per apprentice provided to employers.
568. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of raising the gender-based apprenticeship bursary to €3,000 and lowering the representation threshold to 50%. [38890/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraApprenticeship funding is determined as a part of the annual Estimates process and is provided from the National Training Fund.
As part of the implementation of the national Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025, a €2,666 grant was available to employers in January 2022 on any national apprenticeship programme with a greater than 80% representation of a single gender who employ apprentices on the under-represented gender. It is paid directly to employers in two instalments. €1,333 is payable following completion of 6 months training by the apprentice. The second payment of €1,333 is payable following completion of 18 months training by the apprentice, eligibility is dependent on the gender profile represented by the previous year.
The Department is advised by the National Apprenticeship office who hold the data and administer the bursary that, based on a complete set of 2023 figures and registration, if a 50% threshold was applied, then 65 apprenticeship programmes would be eligible for females and 7 apprenticeship programmes for males.
This would total 1,545 individuals eligible to apply (1,118 female and 427 male based 2023 registrations) for the gender-based bursary for apprenticeship.
Applying an increase from €2,666 to €3,000 and assuming all those eligible applying, then this would pose a cost of c.€4.6 million to the National Training Fund.
569. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of boosting bursary funding to €500,000 for underrepresented apprentices in education and training boards and technical universities. [38891/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2024, funding of €500,000 has been provided for a bursary for underrepresented apprentices in education and training boards and in higher education institutes. This is called the Access and Inclusion bursary and is administered by the National Apprenticeship Office.
As of April, of this year, the National Apprenticeship Office has paid the Access and Inclusion bursary (€3,000 to each learner) to 42 recipients in the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Limerick, who attended 12-week full-time Access to Apprenticeship programme.
16 further learners on the TUS, Limerick programme and 16 to those on the TUS, Athlone, programme are expected to be paid this year, with Munster Technological University planning to commence the rollout of an Access to Apprenticeship programme in January 2025.
This is a significant part of achieving Action 8.3 of the the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 "Apprenticeship for All”, one of the plans's five overarching objectives, which commits to deliver a bursary programme for apprentices who are experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage and who are from target groups, including lone parents, people with disabilities, Travellers and Roma.
570. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of doubling the number of speech and language therapy training places in third level; and the cost of doubling the number of occupational training places in third level. [38892/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraHigher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous institutions responsible for their own academic affairs including the curriculum and student numbers on individual courses. The costs incurred by a HEI in increasing student places on a particular course or establishing an additional course can vary depending on a variety factors including the type of course and the individual circumstances of the relevant HEI.Where additionally is required on courses or a new course is required, specific engagement with the sector and external stakeholders is very often required. This process allows for a deeper consideration of wider issues such as capacity, staffing, other supports, availability of placements, capital investment in buildings and equipment etc. It is therefore, not possible to definitively calculate the costs sought in the absence of a specific engagement with the sector.
The delivery of healthcare programmes is complex and requires multiple parts of the health and education systems working together.
It should be noted that in recent years there has been a substantial expansion of therapy and key healthcare places in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland. In July, Government approved the prioritisation of funding to support the expansion of training places in priority healthcare areas including Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy, as well as Physiotherapy.
From September this year additional places on Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy programmes in University of Galway have been created, and an undergraduate Occupational Therapy programme is also being introduced at University of Limerick. Further expansion next year will result in an overall 35% increase in places on therapy discipline programmes.
Additionality has been delivered in recent years with over 460 permanent new higher education healthcare places created in September 2023 in Irish HEIs, and further capacity created in Northern Ireland, where an additional 80 places in allied healthcare disciplines in Ulster University in September 2023 were created for students from this jurisdiction. These places include 28 in Occupational Therapy and 10 in Speech and Language Therapy. A similar arrangement is in train for September 2024.
Enhancing student capacity to meet projected workforce demand is a key consideration of workforce planning and is key to enabling further expansion on these programmes. Practice education placements are essential to support clinical skills development and the application of theory to patient care and attainment of regulatory required standards of proficiency where applicable.
Extensive engagement is ongoing between officials in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and officials in the Department of Health, as well as the HSE and higher education sector. Work is underway on the oversight and infrastructure for clinical placements to enable further expansion.
571. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of reducing the staff/student ratios in further and higher education by one point, two points and three points. [38893/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraI thank the Deputy for his question.
Based on latest data available, the cost of reducing the staff/student ratio in the higher education sector by one point is estimated at €77.5m. The cost of reducing the ratio by two and three points is estimated at €166m and €267m respectively. Calculations are based on the 2022/23 higher education sector enrolment figures for full time equivalent students (full and part-time) to all academic staff with an average salary figure of €100,000 used.
Further Education and Training (FET), on the other hand, encompasses a wide range of courses and programmes, ranging from Level 1 to Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications, i.e., from basic literacy programmes to apprenticeships. Different levels of engagement are required for the learner depending on their needs and the course requirements, e.g., full-time, part-time, short-term courses etc.
Consequently, it is not possible to give an accurate annual cost of reducing the staff/student ratios in further and higher education by one point, two points and three points.
However, as a high-level exercise and for illustrative purposes only, SOLAS have estimated that the cost of reducing the staff/student ratio in the FET sector by one point is estimated at €40m. The cost of reducing the ratio by two and three points is estimated at €85m and €150m respectively. This is based on PLC/Apprenticeship provision, the latest data available and prior to any further pay increases or back monies. In addition, costs will increase significantly if additional capacity and equipment is required to facilitate the changes in ratios.
572. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing funding for Northern Ireland students' EU mobilities to €4 million, €6 million and €8 million. [38894/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2023, my Department provided €2.2 million to Higher Education Institutions and Regional Colleges in Northern Ireland to fund mobilities for their full-time higher education students.
573. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing co-centres programme funding to €100 million for all-island research and innovation hubs. [38895/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Co-Centres Programme was established with the ambition of creating a dynamic research network across Ireland, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, to deliver economic, societal, health and environmental impacts. Two Co-Centres are being funded by Taighde Eireann / Research Ireland, Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – a Co-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and a Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water.
The Co-Centres, through co-operation and collaboration with industry and other key stakeholders, will bring scale, standing and cohesion to the research and innovation ecosystem across jurisdictions to facilitate a STEM-led multi-disciplinary programme of research and innovation. The Co-Centre Programme’s research may involve an inter-disciplinary approach across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and shall be informed by a process of stakeholder engagement (including with end-users, policy makers and civil society).
Currently the Irish Exchequer has committed up to €35 million to the Co-Centres to be spent over a 6 year term, which commenced on the 1st January 2024. The Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has committed up to £17m and UK Research and Innovation has committed up to £12m. A total of €74m has therefore been allocated to this initiative.
To bring the programme to a total spend of €100m would require an additional €26m. However, as this would be subject to negotiation with the other jurisdictions participating in the project, as well as industry co-funders, it is not possible to specify the quantum of funding that would be required of the State of such a change.
574. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the North-South research programme and shared island fund to €50 million. [38898/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe North South Research Programme (NSRP) is funded by the Government’s Shared Island initiative and delivered by the HEA on behalf of Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
The first round under the North South Research Programme was allocated in October 2022. Funding, amounting to €37.28 million, was awarded on the basis of excellence, assessed through a rigorous and independent international peer-review process. 62 projects were awarded funding across three programme strands.
Arrangements for a second round of funding under the NSRP is currently being finalised.
575. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of providing a €250, €500, €750 and €900 placement grant for third level students on mandatory placements. [38900/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe data needed to make the estimates requested by the Deputy are not held by my Department nor the agencies under its remit.
Work placements are organised at the level of each individual Higher Education Institution (HEI), as part of their programme offerings to be delivered in conjunction with relevant placement providers. The type and duration of work placement required varies by programme. Any remuneration provided for work undertaken while on placement is a matter for the placement provider, and my Department does not have a role in this matter.
576. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of expanding FET by 10,000 places, 15,000 places and 20,000 places. [38901/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware, Further Education and Training (FET) encompasses a wide range of courses and programmes, ranging from Level 1 to Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications, i.e., from basic literacy programmes to apprenticeships. Different levels of engagement are required for the learner depending on their needs and the course requirements, e.g., full-time, part-time, short-term courses etc.
Consequently, it is not possible to give an accurate annual cost of expanding FET by a specific number of places.
However, as a high-level exercise and for illustrative purposes only, SOLAS have provided an average course cost of €7,900 per learner. The Deputy should note that the actual cost will depend on the specific course being undertaken and the duration of the course.
|
Increase in Learners |
Average Cost per Learner€ |
Total Cost of Increase€ |
|
10,000 |
7,900 |
79,000,000 |
|
15,000 |
7,900 |
118,500,000 |
|
20,000 |
7,900 |
158,000,000 |
