Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is for the NTA to tell the Government and this committee that we need to do more apprenticeship programmes and provide more incentives to get people to consider working in the transport industry. It is not exclusive to the public transport industry. It also affects haulage and freight which also need such skills. That needs to be on the NTA radar because even if it had as much money as it wanted, nothing will happen if there are not enough drivers.

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