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The 2016 report of the Expert Group on Future Funding of Higher Education “Investing in National Ambition: A Strategy for Funding Higher Education” concluded that employers are major beneficiaries of the outcomes of higher education and recommended the introduction of a structured contribution from employers as a core element of future funding for higher education. A copy of the Expert Group report is available: Investing in National Ambition: A Strategy for Funding Higher Education.
In order to deliver on this ambition, the Minister for Education and Skills and the Minister for Public Expenditure Reform have agreed that a proposed increase in the National Training Fund should be considered in relation to the funding needs of both the higher education and further education and training sectors.
The aims are to deliver a skilled and educated workforce to employers, to maintain and to strengthen the economy’s growth potential and deliver benefits to society as a whole.
The Ministers have launched a public consultation process on the proposal following a commitment to do so made as part of Budget 2017. The joint consultation paper can be viewed here: Proposed Exchequer-Employer Investment Mechanism for Higher Education and Further Education and Training.
This consultation process is part of a suite of measures which are intended to develop a sustainable long-term funding model for the higher education and further education and training sectors which will help to drive continued reform, quality and performance improvement:
A total of 28 written submissions were received in response to the joint consultation paper.
American Chamber of Commerce Ireland - exchequer employer investment
Construction Industry Federation - exchequer employer investment
Enterprise Ireland Inputs - exchequer employer investment
Irish Exporters Association - exchequer employer investment
Irish Hotels Federation - exchequer employer investment
Irish Institute of Training and Development - exchequer employer investment
Irish Research Council - exchequer employer investment
Science Foundation Ireland - exchequer employer investment
Trinity College Dublin - exchequer employer investment