Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Department of Education and Skills
Apprenticeship Programmes
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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1690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider abolishing the financial threshold for the access to Access to Apprenticeship Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14040/24]
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The Access to Apprenticeship Programme was introduced to support the transition of young people (16-24 years old) from disadvantaged backgrounds into an apprenticeship scheme. The initiative is run and delivered over 12 weeks by the Technological University Dublin and Technological University of the Shannon (Limerick campus) and is currently funded by the Higher Education Authority, with plans to roll out the programme in two further locations later this year – Munster Technological University’s Cork campus and Technological University of the Shannon’s Athlone campus.
The Access to Apprenticeship programme gives learners the opportunity to:
- Sample a range of apprenticeship occupations and training
- Prepare curriculum vitae (CV) and develop interview skills
- Undertake two weeks of work experience
- Obtain Health & Safety and Safe Pass Certificates
The qualifying criteria (including family income) for the Access to Apprenticeship programme is set by the relevant HEI and further queries can be directed to accesstoapprenticeship@tus.ie and accesstoapprenticeship@tudublin.ie respectively.
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