Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

The programme for Government contains a commitment that the Government within the first 100 days of taking office, will provide a jobs initiative. This initiative will contain a package of measures to support employment creation and stimulate economic growth, while enhancing the activation supports available for those seeking employment. It will deliver a minimum of an additional 15,000 places in training, work experience and educational opportunities for those who are out of work as committed to in the programme for Government.

Details of these additional activation places will be contained in the forthcoming jobs initiative launch, which is due next week. The activation places outlined in the initiative will be in addition to 108,500 training places, 168,000 places in the further education sector and 156,000 places in the higher education sector, which the unemployed may access.

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