Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Year of Youth: Discussion

Mr. Ivailo Kalfin:

This is what we try to find in the research. What would motivate them to go? We are engaged in a topic of research about how the green transition would impact regional income distribution. It is very important. It has to do with the living environment, with the incomes at the regional level, with where we live and with how the green transition would eventually impact all of that. Of course, we will try to look into the future, by using some foresight methods and by drafting different scenarios. Then again, we will try to identify the issues. Certainly, they will need some political decisions.

The Deputy is absolutely right that we should not look at the average figures only. That is what we try to do because if we create pockets of poverty or of marginalised people, our society is not doing well. That is something we try to do. We are speaking about young people today. However, we have quite a lot of research on the world of work, on employment, on quality of work, on quality of life and on social dialogue.

As for the other issues the Deputy raised, we would be happy to provide him with more information and to follow up on these issues.

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