Mr. Jamie Bermingham:

The Deputy spoke about the possibility of the State providing an apprenticeship programme to help to get more people through. It is a great idea but it would be important for the quality of the work, to ensure that the right people are teaching the apprentices. I found in working for family businesses, that I was not always getting the training I should have been getting. That can happen even in big companies. I sat on an independent panel with Solas recently and a big issue that came up was preparing apprentices for what they will be doing in their phases and having the right people who are willing to take the time out to train them properly. That is how we will get good quality tradespeople.