John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the formal papers confirming the completion of an apprenticeship as a mechanic have not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that they registered and commenced their course in August 2008; and if he will expedite the matter. [33020/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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This is a day to day operation matter for FAS. I have made enquires of FAS and I understand that to qualify for the Craft Certificate an apprentice must complete all 7 training phases and assessments and be employed as an apprentice with a FÁS approved employer for a minimum period of 4 years (208 weeks).

According to the information on record on the FÁS Apprenticeship Database, the individual in question, was registered as an apprentice in January 2009 and is currently employed with Dooley's Garage, Jenkinstown, Co. Kilkenny. His records shows that he has successfully completed 6 of the 7 phases of the apprenticeship and has a total of 145 weeks in employment as an apprentice.In order to complete his apprenticeship it will be necessary for him to complete the following:

- Undertake his phase 7 'on-the-job' assessments and his employer submits the results to FÁS and complete a further 63 weeks in employment as an apprentice with a FÁS approved employer to satisfy the 4 year time requirement ( 208 weeks - 145 weeks = 63 weeks).

This information is based on the details currently recorded on the FÁS database.