Michael Ahern (Cork East, Fianna Fail)

An interdepartmental implementation committee will suss out the details of how to implement the funding and plans. There will likely be an examination of existing provisions of education and training to determine the key areas and initiatives requiring additional focus to achieve the objectives of the national skills strategy.

The Deputy asked who will implement this. A group will bring together the Department's key stakeholders in the provision of training, such as FÁS, the important Skillnets, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards. That group is examining a variety of issues, such as the need to increase focus on the provision of training to the low-skilled, accreditation issues, the flexible delivery of training, the recognition of prior learning and capacity issues. These issues will also be key elements of the national skills strategy implementation plan.

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