Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund
9:30 am
Mr. Keith Moynes:
We are trying to maximise the number of places we can provide in the current constraints of the system, which are placements and capital infrastructure. We have also looked at what could be done if we were able to invest more in capital infrastructure. We have a range of issues with regard to medicine, nursing and dentistry whereby if we were able to secure additional capital funding as part of an NDP review, we would be able to increase numbers in a range of disciplines. We are working with the Department of Health and the Department of agriculture on this.