Staff Shortages in Ireland.

Nurses might receive some pay while on placement.

Do apprentices not actually get paid for the classroom parts of their training as it is?

If an apprentice wants to go to college full time instead, they can do construction related course instead

Not very free market, is it Donald?

When was this system last updated.

I sound like an oul lad, but I don't think this attitude is unique to tradesmen

Who cares where I pay tax? Of course I pay it there because I live there and avail of the benefits of living there.

Ireland doesn’t educate them to encourage companies to stay, they do it so their citizens can have a bright future, wether that is in Ireland or elsewhere. There is no obligation to stay at all, if a country wants people to stay, as this thread has pointed out, they need to do a lot more than education.

Even your last suggestion, that’s like a random on students or a penalty that if you want an education you better stay…if you don’t, we’ll pay up. Just watch the number of people never bother, and even at that the cost benefit of moving would still be there.

So your suggestion has mrs holes in it than Swiss cheese.

Apply that to anyone who does a degree as well. Wether it be design, engineering, teaching, whatever.

Just because you have a qualification doesn’t mean it’s plain sailing thereafter, for tradespeople or otherwise.

I'm puzzle why if things are so bad. Why people don't leave.

I hate stupid comments like this.

Not everyone is in a position to leave so easily. Cop on.

Can you name some of them?

We have a shortage of Doctors because the Irish Government refuses to open more Schools of Medicine in our Universities, and gives too much autonomy to the Deans of Medicine whereby the Deans are allowed to set admission policies that enroll too many non-EU students because these students pay more tuition money which in turn means less places for Irish/EU Students in Medical Schools. For example, in 2009, most Irish Schools of Medicine introduced GAMSAT exams for Irish/EU students that didn't previously have enough points to secure a place at Medical School due to the shortage of Medical Schools in Ireland and as a result had to complete a relevant primary degree - all because there aren't enough Medical Schools and too many non-EU students are being enrolled at the expense of Irish/EU students.

Academic autonomy under the 1997 act needs to be curtailed because Universities are inclined make a business case for many of their course admissions policies which tends to favour those who pay higher tuition fees (a form of discrimination in my opinion). All public Universities should never be for-profit model. They are public state-owned institutes and their staff are on the public payroll and should be accountable to the public who pays their wages.

The difference in mobility, cost, communication is vast. The world is much smaller place then it was.

But yeah "feelings" lol...

No. it shouldn't be made easier to issue more non-European visas to South Africa. Too many have been allowed come here and we haven't vetted many of those people coming here and it's also too easy to come here. South Africans wanting to visit the UK have needed a visa since 2009 amid concerns over citizens from neighbouring African nations obtaining South African passports too easily and then entering the UK without requiring a visa, on forged or stolen South African passports. What you're proposing would almost certainly leave to a surge of visa overstayers and illegal-migrants. The UK would kick us out of the Common Travel Area and the EU would also impose border checks on Irish passport holders if we make it any easier for non-EU migration here. There are security and safety risks also because Ireland does not properly vet most non-EU arrivals for a Police Certificate of Good Character other than a self-declaration!

So you've never used Uber or Lyft then? The only people I've ever heard complaining about Uber is country bumpkins afraid of technology or taxi drivers afraid of competition.

If there's no money in Uber and it's a race to the bottom then why is it so successful in other countries? And if there's no money in it then taxi drivers should have nothing to fear.

And every driver being trained to deal with people with disabilities, understanding Equal Status laws, understanding legal obligations about guide dogs and additional equipment is laughable. The amount of taxis I've come across lately who cannot operate something as simple as a debit/credit card machine would suggest they would be beyond useless at dealing with an individual with a disability.

Knowledge of a local area for a driver is redundant thanks to Google maps. That argument is actually laughable.

You're ignoring my retorts re safety and efficiency of Uber by the way. The technology makes them far safer and superior to jumping into a taxi you flag down on the street.