Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was reading an article in a business magazine by the CEO of SOLAS, Andrew Brownlee. He states implementation of the national action plan for apprenticeships from 2021 to 2025 is well under way and excellent progress has been made on the deliverables. There are many more apprenticeships now and Mr. Brownlee mentioned wind turbine technicians and manufacturing data integration. Mr. Hourihan put it very well when he said there is a snobbery about apprenticeships. I have always said apprenticeships are not sexy enough for many people out there. He went further than I did with the word "snobbery". There is big snobbery towards apprenticeships. Fair play to the witnesses. In ten years, many of the apprentices before us will be earning an awful lot more than those who frown upon them. Mr. McSherry could be earning €3 or €4 a block and maybe even more. Fair play to them. They are putting in the work in the apprenticeships to do this. Does Mr. Hourihan believe there will be more pressure for wind turbine technician and manufacturing data integration apprenticeships? They might not be as tough as the apprenticeship Mr. McSherry did and they might not have as long hours as Ms Yeates and Ms Leane are doing. Does Mr. Hourihan believe there might be a fallout for fabrication, bricklaying and chef apprenticeships from many more apprenticeships being introduced? Does Mr. Hourihan understand the question I am asking?