Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2021
1158. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocated to regional skills fora in each year since 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15443/21]
View answerAllocation for the Regional Skills Fora subhead is as follows:
|
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Allocation € |
1,100,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,236,000 |
1,636,000 |
1,767,000 |
This provision covers the cost of salary and associated costs of the network of nine Regional Skills Fora Managers, enabling them to meet their role to bring together multiple voices at regional level, to facilitate employer-educator dialogue, to help find solutions to skills gaps and to match identified skills needs with sustainable provision in each region. The Fora also help enterprise navigate the further and higher education and training providers’ landscape to assist enterprise to meet their upskilling and reskilling requirements.
