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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Disability Services, School Transport

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

“I thank the Deputy. The main area we are looking at there is the area of hairdressing. It is the one area where that would have increased. Gender balance in craft apprenticeships has increased significantly since the launch of the action plan, with the number of female craft apprenticeships more than doubling from 260 to 533, an increase of exactly 105%. I will be honest with the Deputy....”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

“As I explained, the increase in craft apprenticeships is quite significant. We also have another campaign, the faces, facts, futures campaign, which was launched in 2023 and connects all-girls schools in the country with the National Apprentice Office, which publicised this campaign. Looking at registration figures for apprenticeships, they have increased significantly since the launch of...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

“I thank the Deputy. I really appreciate the question because it is something that is very important to me. Ensuring Ireland's apprenticeship population reflects the diversity in our society is a cornerstone in implementing the Action Plan on Apprenticeships 2021-2025. A key objective of this is improving gender balance across all apprenticeship programmes. In implementing the action...”

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• Has spoken in 40 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 116 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 416 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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