Debate contribution: Trade Careers
Debate contribution by Mr Conor Murphy on .
- MLA
- Mr Conor Murphy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 2 December 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Trade Careers
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4686722
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Yes. Some colleges are struggling for people with the teaching capacity for those skills, but we are continuing to work at that and to provide more flexibility for the colleges in how they recruit people in order to try to ensure that we have sufficient trainers for young people. There are huge opportunities for young people who get trades and skills. There are significant opportunities for them to stay here, work here and grow businesses, if that is what they choose to do, and to settle and rear their families here. There are significant opportunities, and we want to encourage as much of that as possible. If there is occasionally a deficit of staff on the provision side, we will work closely with the colleges to correct that.
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