Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of assessors and other specialists in this field, there seems to be a major shortage of people in this area. I notice that since local authorities have moved into the area of retrofitting that many companies are specialising in that work to the detriment of the private sector, which are not doing this work. Has the SEAI made any recommendations to Government as to how we can get more people involved in training and apprenticeships? Does the authority have any role in that?