Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

We all agree the aim is to ensure that those aged 18 and 19 years of age receive an opportunity and incentive to participate in education and training courses. The provision was left as broad as possible in respect of education, training and development. There are many young people who may have left school very early and who are not at the point of being able to participate fully in what would be considered traditional educational training courses. Such people may need pre-education courses which have been organised by many of the LES areas or some of the vocational education committees. The intention is to encourage young people into education and training and it is as broad as possible in that regard. We wish to ensure that we can encourage such people to avail to such courses.

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