Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Neil McDonnell:
No, it does not. Our big reservation about that National Training Fund is that it is employers' money. It is 1%. It is taken on payroll, and we are now being told we are going to be putting solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of universities. We have nothing against that but the money for it should be found somewhere else; it is our money. All that comes through Skillnet is €60 million a year out of €1 billion collected for employers. It is only 6%. We are suggesting doubling that for next year.
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