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
James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It is worth referencing that the income of the fund, of €951 million, has doubled from what it was in 2017. It is a large sum of money. I wanted to touch on that too. I thank Dr. O'Reardon for his response.
On the issues that came up during the Comptroller and Auditor General's audit, non-compliance procurement issues for five IT contracts for project support that totalled just shy of €600,000, at about €582,000 in 2022. How did this occur? Which contractors were appointed? What safeguards have been put in place to ensure that does not happen again?
No comments