Apprenticeships are being discussed by the Higher Education Committee today.
A meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Higher Education will discuss problems facing apprenticeships.
Its claimed a lack of information about them, recognition and pay equality are some of the sticking issues.
The Teachers Union of Ireland says schools need to get better at promoting them.
TUI General Secretary, Tullamore's Michael Gillespie, says apprentices are in high demand:
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