John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Without going over old ground, there is a great interest among the ETBs and the Government in crafts and we do assessments on them all of the time. All the apprenticeships associated with crafts are on the increase. It would be interesting for me to make further contact with the Senator to see how we can develop this proposal. It would be a good thing for the Government to do, and it is also welcome that the Senator raised this proposal in the House, because this skill has gone under the radar. Having read all the statistics on it and history of it, it is an important issue for craftsmanship in Ireland and for the development of our tourism industry. We will talk again on the matter.