Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund
9:30 am
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
It is very straightforward. Trinity College has said it is prepared to increase its number of places from 30 to 50 overnight if it gets the funding for additional staff. Likewise, UCC is prepared to double the number of places overnight, from 12 to 24. Even if we do this, it will still take four years to have Trinity graduates and two years to have UCC postgraduates. At the same time the hospitals have a shortage.
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