The Seanad has heard Roscommon is one of only three or four counties in Ireland without an apprenticeship training centre.
Castlerea senator Gareth Scahill says the county urgently needs one.
He says some people can't get their houses adapted or retrofitted for up to two years because of a lack of tradespeople.
Senator Scahill says new apprentices are badly needed given the demand for housing:
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