Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Durkan for his supplementary question. I do not have the county-by-county analysis which the Deputy is requesting, but we can ask for that and have the information furnished to him. Turning to the percentage of people who complete their courses, and despite the impact of Covid-19, as I mentioned in my initial reply, the numbers who completed or partially completed their courses were approximately 85% and upwards. That was consistent with previous years. Regarding why the remaining percentage of participants did not complete their courses, I do not have that information to hand.

We will furnish the Deputy with it.

In relation to the Deputy's query about further plans, the Deputy will be aware of the local training initiatives in his own constituency and I see them operating on the ground in my constituency. They are an organic initiative taken by our education and training boards, ETBs, in consultation with local community needs and desires. Where a need is identified, a local training initiative is introduced by the local ETB.

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