Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary)
2:00 am
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
No, the NTF funding is capital funding while this is current funding. Also, this is honouring pay deals that were entered into mid-year. The Building Momentum pay deal is one where industrial relations mechanisms were invoked and an agreement was reached with unions and employers. That has been given effect in this Estimate to ensure we can honour that and pay the additional pensions commitments that were entered into.
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