Education and Training Provision
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-27
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

I am very reluctant to give advice to business owners because I know how hard they work at the coalface. They have to make wage bills every week and month but I want businesses across the country to know that there is a suite of supports available and in place for them to help them, their business and their individual employees to upskill and reskill. We now have micro-qualifications available at Irish universities and through further education and training. There are many ways that people in work can access education including part-time and online. Additional supports will be in place from September to provide for the fees for part-time learners if their household income is below €56,000. We intend to do more, including looking at how we can put the National Training Fund, into which employers pay, to work to bolster the skills infrastructure in this country.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-27