Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of annual registrations that would be required in order to maintain an apprenticeship population of 40,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50033/21]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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The 62 existing apprenticeships are available at levels 5-10 of the National Framework of Qualifications, with a scheduled apprenticeship duration of between 2 and 4 years. The exact number of registrations leading to a specific standing level of apprentice population will be dependant on the mix of two year and four year programmes.

Assuming equal registrations of craft (4 year) and post 2016 apprenticeships (between 2 and 4 years) approximately 13,000 new apprentice registrations per annum would be required to maintain a standing population of 40,000 apprentices.