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. Colm O'Reardon:

The Technological Universities Act permits borrowing by the technological universities, TUs, subject to permission from the Government, the Minister for public expenditure and the Minister for Finance. It is not a legislative issue, per se.