Ms Meadhbh Costello:

We would like to see more targeted supports for individuals who are not able to access apprenticeships. We spoke about some of the bursaries that are already available and have been successful in getting underrepresented communities in. We also need to look at how to expand programmes that are currently available in one training centre or university but may not have a regional spread. We must look at some of those solutions. That probably goes back to the point we were making earlier about scaling up the successful consortia-led apprenticeships so that they are available in local communities across Ireland rather than being confined to individual institutions.