Malcolm Noonan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank our witness for their presentation. We are all in agreement on the statistics on employment, which are really awful. Despite all the best efforts through the apprenticeship programme, the employment outcomes are poor. I agree with what other members said in that the public sector, including the local authorities and OPW, really needs to step up quite significantly here. There are many opportunities. We are in a country with full employment so it beggars belief that we have such a poor uptake right across the public sector.

If it is okay with the Chair, I will ask a few questions on behalf of my colleague Senator Eileen Flynn, who, unfortunately, could not stay for the entire meeting. I will alternate between her questions and some of my own. How limited is the TAIP in creating opportunities for Travellers with limited educational attainment?