A Clare Independent TD is accusing the government of not doing enough to clear the backlog in apprenticeships.
8,208 apprentices, including 5,720 undertaking electrical, plumbing, carpentry and stone/brick laying apprenticeships, are currently awaiting off-the-job-training.
Responding to a parliamentary question from Scariff-Deputy Michael McNamara, Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins, stated that the delays had been compounded by the high number of registrations.
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Deputy McNamara insists it doesn’t cut it to say we’re ‘victims of our own success’.
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