Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This question is for the Minister of State. Given the revenue and surplus relating to the National Training Fund, is now not the time to invest in apprenticeships in order to increase the numbers and let apprenticeships be a driving force in the recovery after Covid? Is there anything in the Revised Estimates to deal with the huge backlog of apprentices waiting for off-the-job training? That backlog stands at 6,928, some 1,800 of whom have been waiting for over a year.