Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The apprenticeship Bill has been promised for some time. Have the heads of the Bill been agreed by the Government and when might we expect to see it? One might expect that, as part of a recovering economy, there might be greater emphasis on apprenticeships. Much of the very skilled construction workforce we had have left Ireland and, no doubt, the Taoiseach will have had contact with many of them during his St. Patrick's Day travels. What sort of impetus is there regarding apprenticeships?

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