Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Apprenticeships: Discussion

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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I saw a reference to FET on Twitter but there is a FET college in my constituency, namely, Dunboyne college, which works closely with SOLAS and Louth and Meath Education and Training Board, LMETB. It is currently leasing 14 premises and bussing kids to Navan. The LMETB was looking for a site but the Department has stopped it, meaning they have cancelled the project to build a new place. Does SOLAS have any input into the capital plan for buildings? It seems to contrast massively with the FET campaign when the FET college in my area has been told they will not have a new building built.