Noting that apprenticeship is a method for obtaining qualifications through work-based learning and involves a contract of employment from the start, it offers many opportunities, particularly for those who are at risk of socio-economic disadvantage. Recognising the marginalised place of Travellers within wider Irish society, it is therefore proposed to establish a one-year pilot Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme, a proposal that accords with the education, training and employment goals of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy and the National Youth Justice Strategy 2021 – 27. The Programme is aimed at both increased uptake of and retention on apprenticeships.