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

Dr. Deirdre Lillis:

Part of the suite of initiatives we have identified in the new international strategy, which will be launched shortly, is the promotion of that flow and mobility between the two jurisdictions, which is really important. The ESRI has just published a report illuminating some of the reasons it has been difficult to get that mobility and greater fluidity. We will certainly be looking at that. There are some other initiatives in this skills pace, such as the EU PEACEPLUS programme. Work is also under way on the allied health and medical places in higher education. Mr. Moynes will want to mention that.