Dr. Martin Gormley:

We need to help to educate mothers on the advantages of and career opportunities from apprenticeships, because they are getting from the media that it is all about CAO points, leaving certificate results and how people are doing. They measure achievement as somebody progressing to third level, rather than the apprenticeship route. It is a real mistake, because there is a terrible lack of apprenticeships out there. We have a housing programme and in Donegal, we have a mica crisis. We need apprentices and skilled people in that field to deliver.