Brendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is very important for all of us that Gateway succeed. As we know, the trade unions have bought into it and are very supportive of it. My point concerns both youth and older workers. In the patch Mr. Carroll and I know well, there is some feedback from the local authority to the effect that some of the individuals who have been selected may be individuals whom the local office wants or has not been able to move on in different ways. In some cases, they may be unemployable or people who have really struggled to find work, even in the boom. I understand Gateway does not have a supervisory element to it. If it is to succeed and people in the category to which I refer are being chosen, we need some funding for supervision. It is in everybody's interests that the programme succeed.