This paper identifies market forces which induce employers to provide training in Ireland. It investigates if they are present in sufficient strength in the consumer service sectors with a high concentration of low‐skill jobs to provide a basis to upgrade such jobs. Data from a survey of firms...

1. Market matters -- 2. Mandates and mantras of securities enforcement -- 3. Inter-agency politics and jurisdictional boundaries -- 4. Symbolic capital, experience and expertise -- 5. Technologies, narratives and morality plays -- 6. Legal couplings and regulatory encounters -- 7. Regulatory...