Maeve O'Connell (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State. There have been some notable successes. For example, with aircraft mechanics, women's participation has gone from 11% to 18%. That is possibly an area from where we could take some learnings on it. One of the other things I wanted to follow up on is the fact the targets for female participation are quite ambitious. From 2023 to 2025, we are looking for an increase of 124%. That is why I ask about the measures we have in place. How will we get there and how effective are those measures? The €2,666 contribution per apprentice is an interesting contribution and I wonder has there been any uptake by male apprentices of that or has that gone mostly to people employing female apprentices?

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