Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector

Dr. Anne-Marie Butler:

I was just going to say this to the Senator before he left. With horticulture, for example, we have different streams approved. Landscaping has started but streams like nursery, parks and amenity, fruit and veg are all approved and waiting to go. Our other one is the equine stream. We are working on an equine apprenticeship and that has just going for level 7. We would like to have that full complement up and running. An appreciation from society at large of the value apprenticeships as a valuable learning stream is also very important. We certainly look forward to that. We need to spread the word to others that this is another learning pathway.

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