Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)

We also need more employer voices, as Ms Costello said, because that is where the funding is coming from. I like that we have gone from 20,000 to 30,000 apprenticeships.

Apprenticeships are the way to go in a lot of cases. We need apprentices for the construction deficit in the housing crisis that we have.

Apprentices have issues with housing. They cannot get housing themselves. What are the witnesses’ asks in that regard?