Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will repeat myself, and it is not for any reason other than it is a fact. An amount of €37 million was provided between last year and this year to clear the backlog. SOLAS and the education and training boards are hiring more trainers and building more capacity. It is a fact we have also increased the number of registrations coming into the system. I do not have available to me now the figures I had in the Dáil earlier in the week to quote to the Deputy. Suffice it to say it is the priority of all to address the backlog. We will get the committee an up-to-date figure as of the end of January on where exactly we are.