Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Photo of Maurice QuinlivanMaurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the roll-out in the new year and SOLAS's plans to publicise it more, will specific steps be taken such as advertisement or visits to secondary schools? The perception is that parents are not keen on their children doing an apprenticeship and they want them to go to third level. We are trying to break down that barrier and show that apprenticeships are a good progression in life.

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