Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his detailed reply. I fully accept the need for a complete review of a number of these schemes. However, the programme to which I refer is extremely important. It deals specifically with a very marginalised group within society, which appears to fall between the two stools of the Departments of Education and Skills and Social Protection. The members of that group are pushed from one Department to the other from time to time and are losing out in the general scheme of things. I welcome the Minister of State's commitment to review the overall position.

The Minister of State referred to the fact that people need to be attracted to these programmes.

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