Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is a huge and expanding area, which is a good thing in some ways. It will help many people who have found themselves in dire straits because they must change jobs or update their skills mid-stream in their working lives. It also helps young people who emerge from school or college with an expectation of work that is not there by making training available to them. We had some discussion about young people and the Minister said that she expects or hopes that 18 or 19 year olds would not be on the live register.