Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many of the various training and educational programmes announced by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, earlier in this pandemic have been implemented. For example, we have had good uptake in the apprenticeship and training programmes that have been put in place. The Minister for Social Protection has said that as we get to the point where our economy is more safely and sustainably open, we will put in place additional training programmes through the Department of Social Protection to help young people get work. Can I give the Deputy a guarantee that there will be jobs available to everybody at the end of them? That will probably be a difficult guarantee to give because we cannot guarantee an outcome on behalf of an employer or somebody who was on a training programme. However, I can guarantee the Deputy that we will do all we can to make sure programmes are in place that help young people to get back to work. The Minister for Social Protection will outline the terms and conditions of those programmes when their design is finalised.

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