Ms Mairéad Boland:

I should clarify that the development of an apprenticeship involves a ten-stage process. We come in at stage 6. As Dr. Murray stated, things are quite developed by the time they land with us. The first requirement is that the co-ordinating provider would need to come to us with an application. That would include a programme descriptor setting out the parameters for a programme, the proposed curriculum, learning outcomes and the supports in place for learners. That would have been fed into by the consortium, namely the industry, partners and the other providers who are feeding into the development of the programme.