Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first-year and full-year costs of establishing the courses identified in page 36 of a report (details supplied) in tabular form. [36991/22]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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The Modern Methods of Construction: Defining MMC Businessreport was published in May 2022 by the Construction Industry Skillnet and Construction Industry Federation. This industry-led report represents the views of the construction sector. Skillnet Ireland and the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) established the Construction Professionals Skillnet in 2020, the aim of the network is to address skills shortages in the industry.

In the main, the Report recommends the inclusion of modules in MMC solutions within existing training provision in relevant programmes in such areas as construction, architecture, engineering and quantity surveying. It also recommends some new CPD and other accredited programmes as MMC methods and technologies evolve.

SOLAS has confirmed that there is no MMC statutory apprenticeship, but rather several apprenticeships related to the construction sector would have similar content embedded in the programmes.

The Report does not provide any costings for its proposals and I understand that Construction Professionals Skillnet Ireland are currently engaging with a range of stakeholders on the findings of this recently published report.