Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will address my comments to the Minister of State, Deputy English in particular. In many areas of the country, young unemployed people aged between 18 and 20 years are not in a FÁS scheme. Will the Minister consider a different approach? Anyone who is unemployed should be given a place on a scheme until he or she gets a job. Will the Minister consider this as a means of helping to build up the self-confidence of those who are unemployed? It is a matter of getting up and out in the morning and working with people. This would be for the betterment of the country.

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