Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a fair point. A record number of people registered for apprenticeship programmes last year. We want more people to continue to register for these programmes and for the number of apprentices in training to increase to 10,000 or more by 2025, so we never want there to be barriers in people's way in this regard. Now that we have a National Apprenticeship Office, there is a chance to begin examining all these aspects.