Róisín Garvey (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am going to ask a similar question as I did not get a proper answer on it. We have the local enterprise office doing the green for micro programme, which seems very similar to the climate action voucher. One is €2,000 and the other is €2,500 but they do not actually get the money. They just apply for it and it costs €2,500. That is the funding they get from Enterprise Ireland to carry out the audit. The two seem to be exactly the same so I am not sure why there is duplication in that regard.

Regarding the curriculum for upskilling, some of it is out of date. This is more to do with apprenticeships and SOLAS but Skillnet also is looking at training and upskilling for the green economy.

Have the organisations ever all been in one room? I met the head of apprenticeships who told me that some new updated curriculums are coming forward next month in plumbing, which are badly needed, so that is good. I had some input into them because it was still the case that only gas and oil burner fitting was being covered in the curriculum; there was nothing about air to water systems. I am also not sure where that fits in with Skillnet, the education and training boards, ETBs, and the training courses being run by the special centres that have been set up in Thurles and other places. Would it be worthwhile to get the SEAI, the ETBs, the local enterprise offices, LEOs, Enterprise Ireland, EI, and perhaps officials from the Departments of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in a room? I believe the SEAI receives funding from both Departments. Do both organisations receive funding from the Department Environment, Climate and Communications?