Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 April 2017
195. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is alleging that they are not being paid for services provided in 2014 and 2015 by a training company (details supplied) which is funded by his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are other sole traders in a similar position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17761/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department provides funding from the National Training Fund (NTF) to Skillnets Ltd to provide upskilling for people in employment and unemployed people. This funding is used by Skillnets to provide grants to training networks nationally.
Each individual training network has a contracting organisation attached to it which contracts for the training required. The company referred to by the Deputy is not funded directly by Skillnets but by the contracting organisation for the training network.
I understand from Skillnets that the company referred to by the Deputy and one other company have outstanding claims for payment with this contracting organisation and that the contracting organisation is working with the companies to settle these final payments.
