Cathal Crowe

It's not been withheld.

There'll be more allocations coming across this year and next year.

It's a good fund and has put us top of global rankings in terms of skill readiness.

Sorry about the coughing.

It's worth it.

Look, the gauges are that it is.

I respect what he's saying.

And it is at all times the doors open to the minister's office if he wants to make a submission.

We are looking at pre-budget things at the moment.

The budget will be announced in October, but the work in it is already underway.

But key metrics will show that this is working.

Not all the money has been allocated.

And that's prudent because, as I said earlier, we have had major closures of businesses.

in Wofford and Limerick and parts of the country where this fund has been instrumental in terms of reskilling people and I've seen how that benefits people.