John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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I will give one example, if I can, of a young man in his late 30s who was doing X. I went to him because a church that was not in my constituency was looking for kind of a jack-of-all-trades caretaker for a small church and small school. He was the first person for it. He was trustworthy and all the rest of it. He just could not do that without entirely leaving. What this called for was for him to be allowed to do this to see if it worked for him, maintain it and see if it worked out for everybody. Flexibility was needed. That requires a mentor, that is, someone who you sit down with face to face and can tell your story to.