Mr. Ray English:

I have just a couple of points. Wind turbine will feature in the RDS in September, which is really interesting. One of the new ones, Kerry college, is supporting that.

The Chairman raised a really interesting point on recognition of prior learning for people who may have the skills but maybe have not got the paper work and how that might be fitted into the national agenda in bringing people back into the construction industry. It is perhaps something that could be looked at. It comes up for us every so often and we assist people where we can in doing that. They generally do some practical work if they can convince that they have the theory side done. It is an interesting observation.

Something the guys have not touched on is the legacy of pro ratafees for apprenticeship, particularly in the TU sector. They must pay one third of the equivalent of a full-time student, which is approximately €1,000, per block, which is a slight inhibitor when one does not have to pay it in phase 2 in the ETB sector.