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Dail Éireann · 2024-06-25

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions

CC Seán Ó Fearghaíl · Kildare South

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The Department continues to oversee the implementation of a plan put in place by the national apprenticeship office to significantly increase apprenticeship capacity and respond to the rise in craft apprenticeship registrations that are the result of the buoyant construction sector. Of the 25 craft apprenticeship programmes, electrical instrumentation and pipe fitting are the two programmes taking significantly longer to complete, affecting a maximum of 300 apprentices.

The duration of craft apprenticeship programmes is four years or 48 months and two are taking longer, electrical instrumentation and pipe fitting. ATU Donegal currently provides phases 4 and 6 off-the-job electrical apprenticeship training.

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apprenticeship 34
apprentices 18
apprenticeships 15
training 24
craft 11
electrical 11
off-the-job 7
donegal 13
atu 6
apprentice 6
accommodation 13
engineering 7

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CC Seán Ó Fearghaíl this contribution

This evening we are fortunate to be able to put questions to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. He has more responsibilities than anyone else.