Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Dr. McHugh is not aware of apprenticeships or scholarships offered in areas of high deprivation and no records are kept. How is the effectiveness of the initiatives gauged? There is a list of some of the companies that offer these initiatives. We are talking, ultimately, about inclusiveness and poverty reduction. Having a job or an apprenticeship is a way out of poverty. However, if there are no figures and no way to quantify the effectiveness of these initiatives, there is no real way of knowing how successful all of these endeavours are and no way to hold companies to account in fulfilling their social responsibilities.