Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy is right. In summer 2008 we brought together all the facilitators and organised a seminar for them on the education training opportunities and new initiatives that were available to ensure they had the top information to hand. In May 2009 we sent out information leaflets and documents to the under 25 age group advising them of education opportunities they might care to take up. It would be my intention to try to do something of that kind again in the coming months, especially prior to the next academic year. However, as I indicated, I am working also to see what changes can be brought about in the back to education allowance that might facilitate more people.

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