Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Skills Development: Discussion with Skillnets

2:05 pm

Mr. Alan Nuzum:

I will take the points concerning non-ManagementWorks and will then hand over to Dr. Ó hÓbáin. Free access to Skillnets courses has been a feature from day one. It is a hard one to promote because, depending on the programme, it is subject to a whole raft of eligibility rules and regulations. I alluded to it earlier and my colleague, Mr. Flynn, has been the main negotiator on our part to get full approval for our programmes. Once the eligibility question has been answered, then it is free.