Expand apprenticeship and craft training places

What this means

• This is a government commitment to increase the number of apprenticeship registrations and craft training places available in Ireland.[source]
• The commitment is aimed at tackling skills shortages, with a particular focus on the construction sector.[source]
• It is the responsibility of the Department of Further and Higher Education, led by Minister James Lawless.[source]
• The commitment was first stated on 23 January 2025 as part of the Programme for Government, and is currently listed as in progress.[source]
• No deadline for delivery has been set, which makes it harder for the public to hold the government to account on progress.[source]

Direct impact (2)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of Further and Higher EducationBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  James LawlessOfficeholder

Indirect impact (6)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via james-lawless
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-further
  Policy and funding for further and higher education and researchMandate
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science2-hop via dept-further
  Marian HarkinOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-further
  Reduce the student contribution fee over the term of GovernmentCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-further
  Double college places for therapy and health professionalsCommitment
• delivery owned by officeholder → member of party2-hop via james-lawless
  Fianna FáilParty