Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Special Reports and Reviews on Social Protection and Rural Development Issues: European Court of Auditors
2:00 am
Mr. Tony Murphy:
Again, these are political decisions. This question is not even at EU level but at national level where we have absolutely no mandate. We look at particular areas. As I have said, we are going to look at upskilling workers in the context of the competitiveness of the EU because the changing environment, including the impact of technology or AI, will mean that some people will have to be reskilled. Sometimes we look at various cohorts. It is difficult because it is very hard to see the impact of EU funds on separate cohorts. They tend to be recorded as vulnerable people, say, rather than people with a disability or aged people.
It is hard to separate out.
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