Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he is taking to increase the number of places available in further education institutions in order to retrain and upskill the increasingly unemployed workforce; if he will re-prioritise funding in his departmental budget towards providing courses, particularly in the further education sector, towards this aim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/09]

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