Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is very interesting and exciting. In some ways, we are preparing a workforce when we do not even know what we need because things are changing so rapidly.

We had two apprentices before the committee last week to give their perspectives. One issue that really stood out was that they did not feel they were steered in that direction. One of the witnesses mentioned the transition year, TY, offerings. Having done TY, I think it could be a good way of developing that idea of steering students in the right direction. Has Mr. Brownlee seen any outcomes from engaging on the TY offering?

Mention was also made of having school-focused offerings for nursing. How exactly would that work? My mother is German and my cousin there is a nurse. In Germany, nurses do not go to university. They have an apprenticeship-based model. Is the idea for Ireland based on that?