Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2013 the European Social Fund made it a requirement that tutors in training centres should no longer be contracted in a self-employed capacity (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to pay anomalies in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31385/18]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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The pay and conditions approved for Local Training Initiative (LTI) coordinators is a matter for their employers and the national authorities. It is further noted that LTI Programme has not, to date, been selected for inclusion in the ETB Training for the Unemployed operation within the current Irish ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020. The activities currently selected for support under this operation are Specific Skills Training; Bridging-courses and Traineeships. Community Training Centres have been approved as an operation under Priority 4 of the Programme, which deals with the YEI, since January 2017.