Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is a very good point. In many of the centres I have visited the problem is not that young people do not want to engage; it is that the literacy and numeracy level is very low and they are starting from a very disadvantaged point, regardless of the fact that they are there every day. The literacy levels are below par and below the level that would allow them get to a course or training. That is the biggest problem in many of the centres.