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

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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On affordability, if they are coming in at €200,000 each, what can be done to make sure the rents on them are affordable? When it comes to spreading the payment period over a certain amount of time, how long will it take to pay for itself, so you would not be trying to do it over 15 or 20 years? If looked at as a longer-term project, it may be recouped over a period of 40 or 50 years.