Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
2:00 am
Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
There are 41 apprentices. The Deputy is right that we have a good apprenticeship programme. I visited it in recent weeks. These apprenticeships are vital going forward, because many want to stay in the OPW. They are trained to the highest standard and we would like them to do that. We have a good programme and we have always continued it. When I was in government before, I upped it, and I would like to see that figure grow again.
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