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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister of State for the outline of developments in Donegal. That is welcome in relation to ongoing apprenticeships. There is a need for apprenticeships to be accessed locally and for all aspects of the training to be carried out locally. Apprentices have had to travel to Cork, Dundalk and Dublin to do the college part of their apprenticeship. It would be useful if they...
- Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)
Amendment put.
- Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 26 June 2024.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (25 Jun 2024)
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (25 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 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.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Apprenticeship Programmes
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Mairead Farrell: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress in addressing the issues in the craft apprenticeship system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26566/24]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Will the Minister of State update us on his progress in addressing the current challenges in the craft apprenticeship system? We are at the end of the leaving certificate examinations - hence a bit of a change in the weather - and young people are looking forward to what they may try to do later in life. One of the things that appeals is apprenticeships. That is a welcome decision to make,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Niall Collins: 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 a result of the buoyant construction sector. The number of craft apprentices waiting for six months or longer for phase 2 of their job training has decreased...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Mairead Farrell: I agree with the Minister of State that we want to see a growth in craft apprenticeships. That is what we are both looking for. Previously when this was discussed, one of the big things that was said about the apprenticeship system is that it is employer led. One of the biggest employers in the State is the public service. Sometimes, people would be forgiven for thinking only the private...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you, Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Oh did I have one minute? I apologise. I got confused.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Niall Collins: As it is a priority question, the Deputy will have the opportunity to contribute again. The matter is topical. The Deputy mentioned that it is leaving certificate examination time and that people are looking at their various options. People will look at the time apprenticeships take to complete. Two programmes are unfortunately taking longer than 48 months. The duration of craft...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will come back to the Minister of State. We are out of time.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Mairead Farrell: I apologise. For some reason I thought I had two minutes so I was in the middle of my contribution when I had to finish speaking. Let us look at the local authorities as an example. At the moment, information on how many apprenticeships there are is not collected centrally. The reality is that in most of our cities, maintenance of our existing housing stock is a huge issue. I...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)
Niall Collins: I will request updated information on the numbers. The Deputy has researched some of her own numbers. Suffice it to say that an integral part of our action plan for apprenticeships is that they be rolled out across the Civil Service and public service. That includes local authorities. The Department wants to see that action executed by our local authorities, by the Civil Service and by...
- Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The next speaker is Deputy Ryan who will share time with Deputies Gould and O'Rourke.
- Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)
Patricia Ryan: I thank my colleague Deputy O'Rourke for the opportunity to shed a little light on this, although perhaps not for everyone. Ireland's electricity prices have been spiralling skywards while the Government has sat on its hands, choosing to give energy credits that swelled the coffers and profits of energy providers while leaving electricity prices at eye-watering levels. Ordinary working...
- Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)
Martin Heydon: That is right.
- Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)
Patricia Ryan: Over two weeks her pay-as-you-go meter cost her €500 just to run an air-to-water heating system. How affordable is this on an old age pension? The Minister of State and I both know it is not. A young mother with the same heating system was left paying a bill of more than €3,000 to keep her house warm. It is no wonder we have food banks, and we have the Minister of State's...