Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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In teaching, for example, they are increasing the amount of time that teachers have to train. A concern has been raised with me that they fear that reducing the years for apprenticeship will reduce the quality and standards of the education provided to the apprentices. That is one point.

On the fees, one point the Department should take note of is that there is an issue of inequity, which has been raised with me, in the sense that an apprentice doing a shorter block release pays the same fee as someone who is doing a longer one. Is that correct?