Mary Moran (Labour)
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I will be brief. I thank everyone for those excellent presentations. The youth service workers are the right people in the right jobs, as it is obvious from their presentation that they know what they are talking about. This is key to the youth guarantee. People must be on top of their briefs and know what is expected of them. The young person must be the focus of the youth guarantee and feel that what he or she is doing will lead to something else.

What extra training will be provided to those who are in charge of initiating and briefing young people? Will extra staff be in place in Intreo offices? How will the Department ensure that the jobseeker is kept at the centre of the process?

I know that we are flying, but I wanted to ask a further question. Has a breakdown of the cost per person on the scheme been estimated? As Mr. Doorley stated, we are not Scandinavia, but how does the Department plan to make our youth guarantee different?