National Training Fund

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 May 2017

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Ceisteanna (298)

Thomas Byrne

Ceist:

298. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific training grants supplied to industry from the national training fund in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [19197/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

Training grants are allocated to the IDA and Enterprise Ireland under a Training Grants to Industry heading from the National Training Fund (NTF).  This initiative provides grants to industry to up-skill the workforce.

The allocation for 2015 and 2016 is as follows:

	2015	2016
IDA	€3 million	€3 million
Enterprise Ireland	€3.5 million	€3.5 million