Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Page 97 of the programme for Government promises: "We will double the number of apprenticeships to provide a total of 31,000 places by 2020". However, employers throughout west Cork are telling me that there is a scarcity of skilled tradespeople on the ground. Will the Government overturn the decision in the 2014 budget to impose the new pro ratastudent contribution, and reinstate the State contribution to remove apprenticeship fees?

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