Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Select Committee on Education and Skills

Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised)

4:00 pm

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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The National Training Fund is referenced under various subheads. It is predicted that there will be a surplus of over €270 million at the end of 2017. Has there been any consideration of applying some of that funding, if possible, to the alleviate the crisis we have in third level?