Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-21
============================================================

Mairéad Farrell (SF), Galway West

We have almost 9,000 apprentices waiting for off-the-job training who want to build the homes that we so desperately need. This is a real-life impact. I received a message from one such apprentice and he said:
Hi, I am an apprentice. I have been working for below-minimum wage as a plumber for the last 17 months. I am still waiting to go to phase 2 for over a year. I feel exploited since I have not been to college. I have been worked to my limits on a wage of €7.52 an hour. I have given all to my craft and I have had nothing but hardship given back but I continue to work hard every day.
What is the Taoiseach going to do about it?

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2024-02-21/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:42+00:00
Sitting date: 2024-02-21