Mr. Tim Fenn:

In 2014, a report was done by the expert group on future skills needs. We understand that kind of work is now being done through SOLAS but we think it is important to do a stocktake of where we are, where we are going and what we will need. That will help Government to channel the funds and have objective research on where the funds should go to make sure there is efficiency in whatever we are at. There is €1 billion in the National Training Fund and we suggest some of that be used in this crisis to front-load some of the initiatives we have spoken about.