Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine and review the salary and contracts for local training initiative co-ordinators, given that they have not been reviewed since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8092/23]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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Local Training Initiatives (LTIs) are training and work experience programmes carried out across the country. They are designed to support unemployed people, facilitating their progression to or towards labour market participation.

These initiatives are run by local community groups and associations. The employment terms and conditions for these staff are a matter for their employers, who are generally relevant community groups and associations.

LTI Co-ordinators are not public servants and as such were not subject to reductions in pay implemented as part of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interests (FEMPI) Act.