Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion
Mr. Stephen Kent:
I am delighted. We all went down to the RDS and the Minister, Deputy Harris, came in. The Worldskills Ireland 2023 event was held down there. We and Dublin Bus took stands. There was tremendous interest, coming from all schools. We have tried to do what we can. We offer great employment opportunities to attract people to an industry which is growing, reskilling and has lots of new evolution in terms of technical needs, not just mechanical needs. It is an exciting time, I have been saying to people joining the industry, but we are competing and need more apprenticeships out there. It is getting them in and the key, when you get them in and they get to the four years, is to make it attractive enough that they stay. That is another matter we have to do particularly when we are growing.
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