Malcolm Noonan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It would be useful for us to try to take that evaluation report. Perhaps this committee could produce a stand-alone report with recommendations to the Government. It might be very useful. There is one more thing I wanted to mention. These are areas of interest I have had for many years regarding traditional skills as well, be it in thatching or stonemasonry. I did mention the NPWS in particular because there are pathways into it through programmes that could lead to field ecology skills and long-term sustainable employment in an area that is only going to grow in demand in the coming decades. I would mention those as possible pathways through the apprenticeship programme.