Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment by the Apprenticeship Council regarding the 77 proposals received in the second call for new apprenticeship categories which closed on 1 September 2017; the apprenticeships that have been approved for roll-out to date; and the timeline for operationalising each new approved apprenticeship in tabular form. [44489/18]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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This Government is committed to expanding the apprenticeship model into new sectors of the economy. A key commitment in our Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship for last year was to issue a second call for apprenticeship proposals to refresh the pipeline of apprenticeship proposals established through the first call. The call closed on 1 September with 77 proposals received from a range of sectors, occupations and National Framework Qualification levels.  Following the evaluation process 26 new programmes were approved for further development into national apprenticeships in various sectors including construction, engineering, horticulture and agriculture.  Three programmes from the second call are already underway, Logistics Associate, Laboratory Analyst and Laboratory Technician.

Based on information from the consortia, the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the other 23 programmes is set out in the following table.