Employers to get say in training fund use

Employers are to be given a greater say in the use of the National Training Fund (NTF) which the Government wants them to contribute more to, Education Minister Richard Bruton will announce today.

Although a review of the NTF which he is establishing is unlikely to be completed before Budget 2018 in October, the minister is already committing to businesses having a greater input into how it is spent.

The budget is expected to see the amount employers pay into the fund increase on a phased basis over the next three years, under proposals Mr Bruton and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe put forward earlier this year.