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 collecting the data, we have a certain number of third level institutions. Whoever is working in the payroll section or is in charge of HR will know quickly enough how many full-timers they have, how many part-timers, and how many are on short-term contracts for maybe a year or two. Would Dr. O'Reardon agree that people are not going to be kept in the sector if they have 11 hours a week and are trying to do what everybody else has to, including trying to get accommodation, put a roof over their heads and keep bread on the table? They cannot be kept. They are highly qualified people.