Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current drop-out rate of craft apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57754/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Apprentices end their registration for a variety of reasons including failed assessments, pursuing another career or educational programme or personal reasons such as serious illness etc.

2,818 apprentices withdrew from craft apprenticeships between 2016 and 2020. The non-completion rate per craft apprenticeship over the four year period 2016-2020 is attached.