Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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-----let us be frank about that. People have told me they completely feel they have been held back. My generation was impacted by the crash, so people were not as quick to go into craft apprenticeships at that time. There were people my age who were trying to move on with their lives, buy houses - which is nearly impossible under this Government - and also looking at trying to start families, but it is incredibly difficult when they are in this waiting moment with their off-the-job training. I hear €67 million, but what does that mean with respect to exactly how the Minister of State will handle this?