Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When the Irish team is successful on the WorldSkills stage there are organisations - I will not say they take credit - that are always out there to publicise and quite rightly so. What often annoys me is that in publicising it there should be financial resources in return for the work the witnesses do and the achievements of the apprentices. It is something I will definitely follow up with the Minister after this meeting. Now that we have a Department for further and higher education and apprenticeships, we should be looking at the funding model regarding what is received and where it comes from. It is a great programme and it puts Ireland on the world stage. We have many successes. What has been the biggest success that Irish apprentices have had in the WorldSkills competition?