Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plumbing apprentices who fail the colour vision test are unable to continue with the apprenticeship even if they can benefit from corrective lenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department's officials have engaged with SOLAS on this issue and have been informed that currently, a SOLAS statutory apprenticeship requires that in certain designated crafts, apprenticeship applicants must pass the Ishihara colour vision test without the use of corrective lenses.

SOLAS are continually reviewing the existing statutory apprenticeships and the matter of colour vision testing will be included in this process.