Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current estimate of first-time registration on traditional apprenticeships and newly developed apprenticeship, respectively; the number of occupation paths under each heading now in place and the further occupations which he anticipates will be in place by the end of 2024. [42143/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 sets out new ways of structuring, funding, and promoting apprenticeships to make them more accessible to achieve a target of 10,000 annual registrations by 2025. 2022 saw 8,286 new apprenticeship registrations an increase of 34% on the pre-Covid figure in 2019. There are a total 4711 registrations to date in 2023, of which 3783 are craft and 928 are consortia led.

Expansion to date has widened the impact of apprenticeship to areas of skills shortage such as engineering, technology skills, logistics, and fintech. There are currently 72 programmes available and a further 17 in development, of these 8 are due to commence by end of 2024. Lists of apprenticeships available, along with corresponding registration figures, and those in development are attached.