Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no formal representation of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector on the newly established Apprenticeship Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11194/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I established the Apprenticeship Council last year. In considering the membership of the Council, I had to balance the requirement to have input from a broad range of employers and other stakeholders with the need for a tight and effective working structure. In that context, I asked the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, which represents a range of company types and sizes through its member associations, to nominate a member of the Council. A number of individual employers in various sectors are also members of the Apprenticeship Council.