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 Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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My concern is that there is an emerging deficit, one that might in some way be linked to student numbers. If so, it would be worrying. One would have thought that the amalgamation of several bodies would lead to some degree of cost savings and to them using one another’s resources. However, it now appears that we have an increased number of staff and reduced student numbers.