Mr. Michael Hourihan:

I do. The Chair is quite right. There is no doubt that there will be a spillover. An example I can give is the electrical apprenticeship, which is the strongest apprenticeship in the country as we speak. There are approximately 6,000 or 7,000 electrical apprentices in the system. Plumbing is the next highest with 2,000 or 2,500 apprentices. The apprenticeship numbers then drop significantly.

There is a perception that certain jobs are cleaner, easier and pay better money. People will argue that block laying is very lucrative but it is a tougher gig. The more apprentices that we introduce then the greater choice and, therefore, there definitely will be a battle for numbers in a number of apprenticeship areas.