Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One of my questions, around leaving cert results and the time period, has been answered. Mr. Brownlee mentioned his engagement with the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland, which is very much welcome. We had a study trip to Scotland last week, when I raised the issue of apprenticeships. Scotland is having very similar challenges in encouraging people to go into apprenticeship education. Does Mr. Brownlee believe, in the context of his engagement with the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland, and the Minister, Deputy Harris, has made huge strides on apprenticeships here, that a project between Northern Ireland and southern Ireland could be done to encourage more students to go into apprenticeships?