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.

Employers to get say in training fund use

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.

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