Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I draw attention to that fact in order that there is an appreciation of from where I am coming. There has been a decrease in the numbers in employment. We have a crisis. Some 40,000 people are emigrating every year, which breaks down to 800 people leaving the country every week. It is much easier to keep a person in a job than to create a new one. I would like the delegates to outline their views on access to funding. Mr. O'Brien has stated engineering companies cannot recruit apprentices. I would like him to develop that point.