Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)
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294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many apprenticeships are available at third level, in tabular form. [17888/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Currently, there are 77 national apprenticeship programmes available. Of these, 75 have a National Framework Qualification (NFQ) level between 6 and 10. That is to say, from Advanced Higher Certificate to Doctoral Degree. The remaining two programmes are in scaffolding and butchery, and are offered at NFQ level 5.

The number and variety of apprenticeship programmes has increased since the establishment of my department in 2020. At the end of that year, there were 57 national apprenticeship programmes between NFQ level 6 to 10. The growth to 75 represents a 32% increase in such apprenticeships. New programmes are expected to become available in 2025, all of which will be from NFQ level 6 and above.

The programmes cover an extensive variety of areas that feed into the development of the growing Irish economy. This ranges from construction and engineering to health, hospitality, finance, information technology and agriculture, among others. A full list of the programmes is set out below, grouped by apprenticeship family and indicating NFQ level.