Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes. The key factor is that people should be able to engage voluntarily in all the services the Department offers. We have rolled all of it out on a consistent basis. I am very ambitious to see much more take-up of the opportunities. In practice, if people are interested in the Youth Guarantee, the staff will go out of their way to include them. As the Deputy knows, the Youth Guarantee involves calling in young people, talking to them and getting them to make a life plan. With people who have a disability, we have taken a voluntary approach, given that we do not want people to feel they are being asked to do something for which they do not feel they are ready. I have no difficulty with the Youth Guarantee.

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