Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a further education training centre in Mervue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50605/17]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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Galway Roscommon Education & Training Board have confirmed that their training centre in Mervue, Galway, is currently developing an extra workshop for electrical apprentices. This is in response to the growing demand nationally for electrical apprentices.

Following a procurement process, it is envisaged that this work will begin in the next two weeks and should be completed in early 2018. This additional workshop will increase the Centre’s capacity to run 4 classes per year and will alleviate the need for local electrical apprentices to travel outside of Galway to attend their off the job phases.