Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the national apprenticeship office, I have the submission on apprenticeships from Connect Trade Union. Considering unanswered requests, lack of engagement and the fact that not one concern raised by the trade unions in their submissions to the national apprenticeship office was considered or implemented in the plan, what needs to change here with the national apprenticeship office? To hear that not one submission was heard or implemented is quite shocking considering the witnesses are the guys on the ground who know best. Do the witnesses think the budget did enough? Who oversees that the wages are being paid correctly for each apprentice?