Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We can give the committee an exact figure in relation to that. There have been about 8,000 registrations this year and we have an apprenticeship population heading towards 20,000 apprentices across all our programmes in apprenticeship training. We estimate that the one-off 33% reduction in the contribution fee will benefit around 11,000 apprentices.