Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Public Accounts Committee
Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion
12:10 pm
Mr. Paul O'Toole:
It is the main provider by far. Within that group, which we call specialist training providers, there are another 16 organisations which provide more specific services to particular cohorts. They are much smaller. They are all not-for-profit charities in their own right. In terms of a commercial competitor, there is no obvious one at present. It does not mean there cannot be one, but there is no obvious one at present.