Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Education and Skills, in particular, has been active in dramatically increasing the number of apprenticeship programmes. Approximately, 80,000 more people have been employed on building sites throughout the country in the past year, which is a dramatic change. However, we need apprenticeships to an extent that we have not needed them for a decade in other sectors too. I can ask Deputy Bruton to come back to the Deputy with a detailed answer.

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