David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As regards a requirement for regulation, the committee may need to do a full session on that issue.

The witnesses from IBEC referred to increasing the incentives for apprenticeships from €2,000 per employer to €7,000 for SMEs. If I am correct, SMEs have fewer than ten employees, or perhaps five or fewer. I am not sure how it is defined. I ask the witnesses to comment on the need for that €7,000 and how IBEC arrived at that figure.