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Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Department of Education and Skills

Apprenticeship Programmes

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or another body under its aegis are currently considering proposals to varying the length of apprenticeship based on learning outcomes determined by the trade standards and on the prior learning of the applicant; and his views on the recommendation of his Department's Apprenticeship Review – Background Issues Paper published in 2013. [28855/17]

Photo of John HalliganJohn Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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In 2015 SOLAS, in accordance with Quality and Qualifications Ireland requirements, conducted programme and standards review in consultation, with all relevant stakeholders, in 23 of the 27 existing craft apprenticeship programmes. Each stakeholder programme review group was assigned a standardised terms of reference which included a requirement to consider the duration of the respective apprenticeship programmes in line with programme standards and learning outcomes. None of the programme review groups recommended changing the duration of the apprenticeship programmes.  In relation to the existing craft apprenticeship programmes SOLAS and its predecessor FÁS have provided for recognition of prior learning since 2002.

New apprenticeship programmes are of varying durations, subject to a minimum of 2 years.

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