Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-introduce apprenticeship schemes in local authorities. [18501/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The matter of apprenticeships in local authorities is subject to ongoing discussion at the Local Authority National Council (LANC), which is the sectoral management/union forum for discussing industrial relations matters pertaining to the sector as a whole. My Department is positively disposed to apprenticeships in local authorities and will support the outcome of the ongoing process at the LANC.

The specific content of any apprenticeship scheme is a matter for the relevant Government Department.