Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We will be setting up new mechanisms and we will have to see what works and what does not work. Apprenticeships are not the only way in which we can combine on-the-job and off-the-job learning. Across the board in further education and training, especially for people who are primarily moving into the labour market, a mix of on-the-job training and off-the-job training must be a key part of it. We will have to build an evaluation framework into our implementation plan for apprenticeships.