Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. They are being given an opportunity to take back-to-education courses, upskill further, become carers and provide employment and training facilities and options for themselves, if money is an issue. We have an ambition to get young people off jobseeker's payments and not welfare dependent. We want them to upskill, train and participate in the workforce. That is what they also want. If money is a difficulty for them, they have options to increase their payments.

I agree with the Deputy on the issue of fuel poverty. We had this conversation a couple of months ago when I appeared before the joint committee as opposed to the select committee. I am undertaking some work that will further inform any decision we might make in budget 2019. As I told the Chairman before the meeting, I hope to revert to the committee on the outcome of that work when I am ready to do so in order that we might have a conversation about it in advance of entering the budgetary process.

I agree with the Deputy that there is ambiguity surrounding employment rights in terms of how climate change impacts on us. We need to consider this matter. Clear guidelines have been given, but they are probably not clear enough and we might need to re-examine them.

Did the Deputy ask about anything else?