Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

As regards training courses for the unemployed, we are facing a crisis situation. We must try to rise to the challenge. Short-term courses are of assistance to those who are unemployed. The Deputies opposite might dismiss the idea of computer or Internet courses. However, such courses are extremely beneficial to those who do not possess computer skills. We do not want to repeat the mistakes we made in the 1980s when people received nothing other than support from the State. We want to give them support, in the form of social welfare payments-----

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