Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 34:

In page 17, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(o) co-operate with An tSeirbhís with regard to the establishment and operation of an Office called the National Apprenticeship Office whose functions shall be to manage, oversee and develop a system of apprenticeships,”.

Amendment No. 51 is in the name of Deputy Conway-Walsh. I doubt that anybody will have a difficulty with amendment No. 34. It is simply recognising the fact that with the new apprenticeship changes, the HEA must co-operate with SOLAS in respect of the new national apprenticeship office. The function relates to section 18 of the Bill, which provides for co-operation between the two on the delivery of apprenticeships and the establishment and operation of the new national apprenticeship office.