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Education and Training Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2021

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Questions (683)

Rose Conway-Walsh

Question:

683. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will include trade union representatives on the national training fund, NTF, advisory group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52524/21]

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The NTF Advisory Group was established in line with the recommendations from Indecon in their review of the NTF, that such a Group be established to submit recommendations to the National Skills Council on NTF priorities. This advisory group is a permanent resourced structure to optimise enterprise engagement on NTF priorities. It consists of key stakeholders from a range of employer representatives, agencies and Government Departments.

Indecon also recommended that a structured process be implemented to facilitate NTF-focussed inputs from employers, employees and representative bodies prior to annual expenditure decisions. The NTF Advisory Group is considering how a new method of engaging with enterprise bodies to ensure that there is a focussed and structured input prior to expenditure decisions.

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