Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 May 2024
286. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft instructors recruited as part of his national recruitment campaign to hire an additional 100 craft apprentice instructors. [23351/24]
View answerA national recruitment campaign was launched by the National Apprenticeship Office from November 2023 to support increased ETB apprenticeship delivery capacity and the plan to reduce the number of apprentices waiting overlong for phase 2 off-the-job training.
To date, 134 instructor posts have been sanctioned by the Department, of which 77 have been advertised, and 58 posts filled. Further posts will be advertised as capital projects come on stream across the rest of 2024 and into Quarter 1 2025. Additionally, over 80 instructor posts were converted from fixed term to permanent to support retention of staff.
